DEADER
Pompeii.
DEADEST
Philadelphia.
DEADBEAT
One who makes a soft living by sponging it.
DEBT
A big word beginning with Owe, which grows bigger the more it is contracted.
DEE-LIGHTED
An Oyster Bay localism, derived from delighted.
(Patent and Dramatic rights to this word are, until March 4, 1905, the exclusive property of T. Roosevelt, Esq., Subsequent editions of The Foolish Dictionary will define the word at length).
DELEGATE
From Eng.
dally
, to loaf, and Fr.
gate
, spoiled. A spoiled loafer.
DEMAGOGUE
From Grk.
demos
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