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18th Century adjective adverb Ainu appears Araucan Arawak armadillo avoir Aymara Aymaran become blends bloody Brazil Brazilian British Brobdingnag called cant Carib Cariban Chinook circus colloquialism common corruption derives dialect Dictionary dinarly echoic edition Edward Lear employed English words especially essay être etymology euphemism European Spanish fawney French Friederici German Guarani Gypsy H. L. Mencken Humpty Indian Italian itinerant Jabberwocky known kriegen language later Latin Lear's less Lewis Carroll Lilliput limericks lingua geral linguistic literally London Mahicans Malaret meaning Mencken merely nickname nonsense noun omee one's origin Pampa parlyaree perhaps phoney plural Poilu Portuguese prison probably Quechuan queer racket recorded rhyming Romany sense sertão Shanahan shell showmen slang Snark soldiers song South American Spanish speech spiv Standard English Struldbrug Sylvie and Bruno synonyms tanner thing tramps tree tribe Tupi underworld variant verb vocabulary vulgarisms Webster's Weekley words and phrases Yahoos