The 1,637 occurrences of jackass

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Sometimes he would come behind an unsuspecting boor, and give, close to his ear, a discordant bray from his trumpet, like the note of a jackass, which made _him_ jump, and the crowd roar with merriment; or, perhaps, when the clarionet or the fife was engaged in giving the people a tune, he would drown either, or both of them, in a wild yell of his instrument.

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Mebbe you think I'm a c-c-cow or a j-j-jackass, but I ain't, all the s-s-same; I leave it to others to p-p-play such g-g-games."

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"No," yawned Browning, "we're talking about a jackass."

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'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is in town, with two _Little Evas_, two _Marks_, three real Siberian bloodhounds, bred in New Jersey, and a jackass."

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"The jackass is the manager of the company," grinned Griswold.

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When the jackass appeared, a solemn voice from some uncertain part of the theatre called the attention of the audience to the "leading actor of the colossal aggregation."

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I've put an attachment on the jackass."

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It ought to be thistles, for if ever there was a jackass that same was Jim Bolivar."

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The cult served upon it is the worship of jackals by jackasses.

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I'll ride her just like Jesus rode a jackass.

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"The truth is, Jack, I'm a jackass half the time.

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"I told you that I was a jackass half the time; this is the half."

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"Don't be a jackass!"

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I might make a jackass of myself."

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The General, sir--your lamented uncle--had a flow: he would, if allowed, and meaning no disrespect, talk the hind leg off a jackass; but I found him lacking in 'umour.

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When we went over the side to roll our first barrel of powder to the spot where we meant to lower it, the Frenchman marched up to the figure of Trentanove, and with no more reverence than a boy would show in throwing a stone at a jackass, tumbled him into the chasm.

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If I can get this braying jackass, this leaking sieve, this trembling, yowking lady's lapdog out o' the way I can face things.'

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The rage of the Bashaw demanded a sacrifice, and the luckless Mahomet Sons was led through the streets of Tripoli tied to a jackass.

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But, Auntie, tell me, am I a fool and a jackass?

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You remember the old fable of the lion and the jackass.

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The jackass was browsing on thistles in the desert.

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One day the jackass noticed the lion comfortably eating a lamb, whereupon he said "That's the scheme for me.

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I will do the same trick as Mr. Lion," and forth-with the jackass found a dead lion and covered himself with the lion's skin, hoping that with the lion's skin he would appear as a lion and thus be able to catch game in large portions, and relieve himself of this slow monotonous, hard work he had been used to.

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The jackass sallied forth, but he could not catch a lamb.

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Th' gallant mules was led be a most courageous jackass, an' 'tis undhersthud that me frind Mack will appint him a brigadier-gin-ral jus' as soon as he can find out who his father is.

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He's th' biggest jackass in Tampa to-day, not exciptin' th' cinsor; an' I doubt if they'se a bigger wan in Wash'n'ton, though I cud name a few that cud thry a race with him.

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They know a jackass whin they see wan, an' they see a good manny in that peaceful city.

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An', be th' way, Hinnissy, if this here sociable is f'r to go on at th' prisint rate, I'm sthrong to ar-rm th' wild ar-rmy mules an' the unbridled jackasses iv th' pe-rary an' give thim a chanst to set Cuba free.

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Up to this time th' on'y hero kilt on th' Spanish side was a jackass that poked an ear above th' batthries at Matoonzas f'r to hear what was goin' on.

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'It can't be an American jackass, or he'd speak,' he says.

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Th' officers in th' field at prisint is well qualified f'r command iv th' new ar-rmy; an', if they'd put blinders on th' mules, they wudden't be scared back be wan iv thim Spanish fleets that a jackass sees whin he's been up all night, secretly stuffing himsilf with silo.

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Th' ordhers fr'm Washin'ton is perfectly comprehinsible to a jackass, but they don't mane annything to a poor, foolish man.

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But it ought to be as plain to th' mule that hears it as it is to th' jackasses that gets it up.

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"I shud think," said Mr. Hennessy, "now that th' jackasses has begun to be onaisy"-- "We ought to be afraid th' cabinet an' th' Boord iv Sthrateejy 'll be stampeded?"

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"Marry that jackass and let him bankrupt her kingdom?"

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Why you lop-eared, sun-stroked jackass, of course I'm sure!!!

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Is it the like of a young jackass like you that's still wet behind the ears to be tellin' me I'm drunk?

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"Here would be a silver-mounted family carriage drawn by a jackass and a cow, loaded inside and out with everything the country produced, vegetable and animal, dead and alive.

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"Three or four jackasses.

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Let them be jackasses.

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He remarks incidentally that the condition of the bad painter and the bad actor is worse than that of the bad man of letters: the painter hears with his own ears the expressions of contempt for his talent, and the hisses of the audience go straight to the ears of the actor, whereas the author has the comfort of going to his grave without a suspicion that you have cried out at every page: "_The fool, the animal, the jackass!_" and have at length flung his book into a corner.

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Then they would throw their heads backwards, and utter sounds very like the braying of a jackass; from which circumstance they have been called the Jackass Penguins.

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Instantly they pounced down on some of the birds we had killed; but finding that they had not yet a sufficiently high flavour to suit their palates, they picked up some of the eggs which we had compelled the jackass penguins to desert, and flew off with them, it was impossible to say where.

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I told him I had no objection, but that I regarded the man as a jackass.

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The fourth day was for the exhibition of jackasses, of two-year and one-year, and for foals, and jennies also; this sight was to me one of peculiar interest.

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Accustomed as we are in England to value a jackass at thirty shillings, we look down upon them with contempt; but here the case is reversed: you look up at them with surprise and admiration.

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Several were shown standing fifteen hands high, with head and ears in proportion; the breed has been obtained from the Maltese jackass, crossed by those of Spain and the south of France.

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Warrior, a jackass of great celebrity, sold for 5,000 dollars, upwards of 1,000 pounds sterling.

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Half of another jackass, Benjamin by name, was sold for 2,500 dollars.

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Does the Reviewer recollect the fable of the jackass who put on the lion's skin?

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Boulogne to be taken into consideration many inquiries made and all very satisfactory--good sands and excellent jackasses for the children.

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"Wild jackasses!" angrily retorted the old trapper.

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Did 'ee ever see a wild-hoss, or a wild mule, or a wild jackass eyther, shod wi' parflesh?

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He had not been there long, before his old and only enemy made his appearance, and opened upon him a volley of abuse in relation to the division-fence, bestowing upon his honor, among other expressive titles, the euphonious epithet of "jackass."

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He then entered up the following judgment: "_The defendant in this case, this day, fined ten dollars and costs, for_ CONTEMPT OF COURT, _he having called_ US _a jackass_!"

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I kud jest eat a raw jackass 'ithout skinnin' him."

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F. was just recovering from a brain-fever when he concluded to go to the mines; but, in spite of his excessive debility, which rendered him liable to chills at any hour of the day or night, he started on the seventh day of June--mounted on a mule, and accompanied by a jackass to carry his baggage, and a friend who kindly volunteered to assist him in spending his money--for this wildly beautiful spot.

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Clink, to nab, to snatch Clockey, a watchman Cloy, to steal Cly or clie, a pocket Coach wheel, a crown piece Cock chafer, a lady bird, a prostitute Cloaker, drop at Newgate Coffee-mill, watchman's rattle Cock, a trump, good fellow Cob, a dollar Cobble colter, a turkey Cog, to cheat with dice Cogue, a glass of gin Colt, one who lets horses to highwaymen Coal-scuttle, a large bonnet Cole, or coal, blunt, money Collector, a highway robber Colguarian, the neck College, the King's Bench or Fleet Prison Commission, a shirt Commission, to shake your, to shake your whole frame Conk, the sneezer, the nose Convenient, a mistress Cooler, a glass of porter Coal-box, chorus of a song Cod, haughty meddling fool Come down, to give, stand treat Come out, worse than very bad, execrable Communicator, bell Conk, the nose Collar, to grab, snatch Cooped in durance vile, to lock up in a gaol Corinth, a brothel Coriander seed, money Corinthians, men of rank Corpus, the body Core, the heart Coppers, halfpence Conveyancers, thieves Costermongers, jackass boys, venders of greens &c. Cove, or covey, a fellow Cove, a receiver of stolen goods Covess of a ken, a female keeper of a brothel Cove, lumber, a person that keeps a place for thieves Cover me decent, a top tog, a great coat Cover me properly, fashionable toggery Cover me queerly, ragged raiment Court-card, a trump Counting-house, Mrs. Jones's, the privy Coxy fuss, billing and cooing Crabb shells, shoes Crack, to break open Cracksman, a housebreaker Crack'd canister, a broken head Cramp-rings, fetters Crammer, a lie Cramp words, sentence of death passed on a criminal Crap, money Crapp'd, hanged Craping curl, an executioner Creeme, to put money in the hands of another Crank, gin and water Crib, to thieve Crib, a ken, a mean looking room Crikey, a word of wonderment Crimp, a decoyer, kidnapper Crony, a companion Cropping, the tail Cross, on the, getting a living by dishonest means Cross fight, a sold battle Cross bite, to cheat a friend Cross the herring pond, transported to Botany-bay Crowdsman, a fiddler Crummy, fat Crusty, vexed, chagrined Cub, a young child Cucumbers, tailors Coffin queer, a magistrate Culch, cag-mag meat, or the refuse of anything Culp, a kick Cup-hot, very drunk Cur, a sneak, a coward Curbing law, to take goods out of window Curl, clippings of money Curlers, Jews who sweat gold coin by rubbing them together, for the dust Cursitons, broken down lawyers, Newgate attorneys Cussin, a man Cut, sheer off, go, avoid, or shun a companion Cut bene, to speak gently D. Dab, a bed Dab, one who is clever Dad, a father Daffy, max, gin Dagen, a sword Daddle, the hand Damn, to crush, to do away with a drama Damp your mugs, wet your mouth, drink Dandy, a swell, an exquisite Dancers, stairs Darby, ready money Darbies, sausages, fetters Darby's fair, the day when felons are removed to Newgate for trial Darkey, night Darkmans, the night Darken the daylights, to close up the eyes Dash, a waiter Dash, a portion Daylights, the eyes Dealers in queer, passers of bad money Dead beat, done over Derrick to, to set out on an enterprise Deuce, twopence Deux wins, two pence Dews, a crown piece Dew-beaters, the feet Diamond squad, folks of quality, big'uns Diamond a horn to, to put a stone under the shoe, to sham walking lame Diddle, spirituous liquors Diddle cove, landlord of a gin shop, &c. Diddle, to cheat Die proud, or game, to die with courage, or hardened Dimmock, money Dimber, handsome pretty Dimber damber, the king of the canting crew Dimber cove, a pretty cove, or fellow Dimber mot, an enchanting girl Ding, to throw away Ding boy, a rogue, knave, or sly fellow Dinger, a pickpocket, or thief Dipper, anabaptists Dock yarder, a skulk in any sly place Doctors, false dice Doff, to uncover, take your hat off Dollop, a handful Dominic, a parson Done brown, done over, queered, floored Donovans, potatoes Donkey's ears, a false collar Don't name em's, inexpressibles, breeches Dorse, a place of rest Douse the glimm, blow out the light Doughey, a baker Down, fly, awake, knowing Down in the mouth, having nothing to say, low spirited Doxy, girl of the town Dozing crib, a sleeping room Drag, a cart or waggon Drap, a drop Draw it mild, gently Draw latches, robbers of houses Drawers, stockings Drawing a cork, giving a bloody nose Drawing a thimble, picking a pocket of a watch Drawing a wiper, picking a pocket of a handkerchief Drawing a long bow, telling a lying story for truth Dromedary, a clumsy thief, a young beginner Drop, the squeezer at Newgate Drops, who go about to public houses to cheat unwary countrymen at cards Droppings, heavy wet, beer Dub, a key Dub the jigger, fasten the door Dubber, a picker of locks Duds, togs, clothes Duds cheer, ragged, poor Duffers, swindlers, who go about with articles pretending they are smuggled and to sell them at an apparently cheap rate Dummy, a stupid fellow, one who has nothing to say for himself Duke of limbs, a deformed person Dunnaken, if it be necessary to explain the word, a privy Dupe, a victim to artifice and misrepresentation Durance vile, prison Dutch reckoning, bad reckoning Dust, money Dustman, sleep, or drowsiness E. Earwig, a crony, a close friend Earth stoppers, horses feet Elbow shaker, a dice rattler, a gambler English Burgundy, strong beer Eriffs, young thieves in training Eve droppers, vagabonds who rob hen roosts F. Facer, a blow on the face, a bumper Fadge, a farthing Fag, to ill use, to work hard Fakements, scraps, morsels Fast trotters, good horses, rum prads Fam, a ring Fams, or fambles, hands Fancy, the ton of low life Farmer, an alderman Fastener, a warrant Faulkner, a juggler, a tumbler Fawney, a ring Feck, to, to discover which is the safest way of obtaining stolen goods Feeder, a spoon Feint, pawnbroker Felt, a hat Fem, a hole Fence, a receiver of stolen goods Fencing ken, a house where stolen goods are deposited Feret, a pawnbroker Fib, to fight, to box Fibbing, pummelling a head while in chancery Flich me some panea and causau, cut me some bread and cheese Fiddler, a sixpence Fiddle, a watchman's rattle Fiery snorter, a red nose Field lane duck, a baked sheep's head Fig out, to dress Figure, a little boy put in at a window to hand goods to his accomplices Filcher, a thief File, a rum, an odd fellow Filch, to steal Fin, arm Fishfag, a woman that sells fish Fishooks, the fingers Fives, the fingers Fives, a bunch of the fist, the hand closed Flag, groat, fourpence Flame, a bit of muslin, a sweetheart Flankey, the behind, the part you sit on Flash of lightning, a glass of gin Flash, language used by thieves, gypsies; to sport Flashman, a prostitute's bully Flash cove, the keeper of a place for the reception of stolen goods Flashing his gab, showing off his talk Flash his ivory, showing off his teeth Flat, a raw, an inexperienced fellow, a fool Flat-catcher, an article to dupe the public Fleec'd, clean'd out, stript Flick, to cut Flicker, a drinking glass Flimsies, Bank of England notes Flipper, the hand Floating academy, the hulks at Woolwich for convicts Flogger, a whip Floored, knocked down Floorers, fellows who throw people down in the street, &c. when their companions under the pretence of assisting, rob them Flowers of society, the ornaments of high life, big'uns Fly, up, acquainted with Flyers, shoes Flying colours, to come off with, to come off with luck, to do anything with advantage to yourself Flue faker, a chummy, a sweep Fogle, pocket handkerchief Fogo, stink Fog, smoke Fogus, tobacco Fogay, a stupid fellow Footing, money paid by a prostitute when going among her companions, also money paid on entering into any trade or calling amongst mechanics Fork, a pocket Fork it out, to produce anything by the hand Forks, fore and middle fingers Fresh water bay, Fleet-market Frisk, mischief Frontispiece, the face Frow, a prostitute Frummag'd, choked, or hang'd Frumper, sturdy blade Fudge, gammon Fuller's earth, gin Fumbles, gloves Funk, stew, to fret Funk, to cheat, alarm, to smoke, stink Funkers, the very lowest order of thieves G. Gab, the mouth Gaff, a fair Gaffing, tossing with the pie man Gag high, on the whisper, nosing, telling secrets Gag low, the last degree of beggary; to ask alms in the streets with a pretended broken limb Gage, a quart pot Gaggler's coach, a hurdle Galters, blacklegs; gamblers Galligaskins, breeches Gams, the legs Game, courageous, sturdy, hearty, hardened Gammon, falsehood or bombast Gammoners, cheats, swindlers Gan, the mouth Gape seed, anything that attracts the sight Garnish, money demanded of people entering into prison Gay tyke boys, dog fanciers Gee, suitable; that won't gee, won't do Gelter, money Gentry cove, a gentleman Gentry ken, a gentleman's house George, yellow, a guinea George, a half crown piece Gig, fun, nonsense, ready, on the alert Gill, a cove, fellow Gills, cheeks Gin spinner, proprietor of a gin shop Grinny, an instrument to lift up a grate, in order to steal what articles are in the window Giving turnips, to cut acquaintance, to shun any body Glazier, one that breaks windows and show glasses in order to steal goods exposed for sale Glibe, a writing Glim, the candle, or light Glims, peepers, eyes Glims flashy, a person in a passion Glim Jack, a link Glimstick, a candlestick Glim fenders, hand irons Gloak, a man Glue, the lady's fever, venereal disease Gnostics, knowing ones Go it, keep on Go slow, draw it mild, easy Go by, to rise by superior force, turn the tables, against you Gob stick, a silver table spoon God permit, a stage coach Goggles, the eyes Goldfinch, yellow boy, gold coin Gone to pot, become poor in circumstances, gone to the dogs Goose, to, to hiss like a goose Goth, A, a fool, an idiot Grabb, snatch Grab the bit, to seize the money Grabbed, taken, or apprehended Grand strut, Rotten Row, Bond Street Grand twig, in prime style Grannum gold, old hoarded coin Gravel digger, a sharp toed dancer Gravel tax, money robbed from people on the highway Grease, money Greek, St. Giles's, slang language Greeks, gamblers, blacklegs Green bag, lawyer Green, raw, unlearned Greenhorn, a sponge, a raw countryman Grig, merry fellow, merry companion Grinders, the teeth Groaners, a sort of wretches who attend meetings, sighing and looking demure; in the meantime their pals pick the pockets of those persons who may be in the same pew with them.

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I can continue my soliloquising as I canter through the bush; there will be no one to disturb me or ridicule me, unless, indeed, the bird named the laughing jackass should make the woods echo with his idiotic chuckle, or the parrots should scream their harsh derision.

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"A sleeping jackass!"

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Norman lay for some minutes, still half asleep, gazing at the black face, which seemed to be somehow connected with his dreams and with the soft sweet piping of the magpie crows, which were apparently practising their scales prior to joining in the morning outburst of song, while the great kingfishers--the laughing jackasses of the colonists--sat here and there uttering their discordant sounds, like coarse, harsh laughter, at the efforts of the crows.

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"Dat laughum jackass," and he imitated the great, grotesque kingfisher's call so faithfully that the bird answered.

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"Yes, sir; but if I only had leave, I'd draw my sword, gallop after that bad brother of mine, and fetch him off his horse, or jackass, or whatever the miserable beast is that he has his legs across."

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For he was in a rutty, little-used track, in a roughly-made, springless cart, drawn by a big, ragged, powerful jackass, which every time the cart stuck, and his driver used the light ash stick he carried, laid down his ears, bared his teeth, and kicked at the front of the cart, which was rough with indentations and splinters, the result of the prowess of the donkey's heels.

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And if there had been any doubt before what donkey it was, Hilary's mind was set at rest, for as the bray ended in a long-drawn minor howl there came two or three sharp raps, just as if the jackass has relieved his feelings with these good kicks, as was the case, up against the boards of the shed in which he was confined.

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"Come down!" he cried; but as Hilary did not condescend to notice him Allstone seized the young man by one of his legs, with the result that he clung with both hands to the iron bars, and raising up his knees for a moment, kicked out with as much cleverness as his friend the jackass, catching Allstone full in the chest and sending him staggering back for a few steps, where, unable to recover his balance, he went down heavily in a sitting position.

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"I wonder whether this is the lane they brought me along with that jackass," he thought; and then, as his clothes grew lighter and stuck less closely to his limbs, he began to wonder how long they would take to dry.

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All day while I am with the Maharanee and her women, and at night, the [49] great silent Indian night when all the palace is asleep and there is heard nothing but the sounds of the jungle, the cry of the hyena and the bray of the laughing jackass, I shall seem to hear your voice."

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They and frigates carrying 28 guns, generally known in the service by the name of "jackass-frigates," were the worst class of vessels belonging of late years to the British Navy.

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I could eat a raw jackass jest about now."

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"Why, Mary!" exclaimed Mr Sudberry, abruptly; "the doctor told me only yesterday that for a boy of five years old he was a perfect marvel of robust health--that nothing ailed him, except the result of over-eating and the want of open-air exercise; and I am sure that I can testify to the strength of his legs and the soundness of his lungs; for he kicks like a jackass, and roars like a lion."

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The English on the Gambia call it the "Jackass Deer," from its resemblance to a donkey.

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FRAUD.--Patrick Murphy--commonly called, for shortness, Pat--was a very stupid little man; he reared pigs, and had he been sober, would have by this time saved a little property; but, no, Pat liked beer and strong drink: so that upon market-days he was far less sensible than his own jackass--which did know its way home--and for a long time took back foolish tipsy Pat safely; until one day, the roads being very bad, the cart came to a stop, and Neddy could pull no further.

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The latter, perceiving, after he had been with him a few times, that the physician was a very jackass, began to give himself the finest time in the world with him and to be hugely diverted with his extraordinary humours, whilst Master Simone in like manner took a marvellous delight in his company.

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Some of her companions, however, chancing to come by, took her out to the back of the house to have a game at the pallall; and, in the interim, Donald Bogie, the tinkler from Yetholm, came and left his little jackass in the byre, while he was selling about his crockery of cups and saucers, and brown plates, on the old one, through the town, in two creels.

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He pooh-poohed the whole affair, and referred to the slaves as a menagerie of lions, tigers, hyenas--a jackass or two--and a host of monkeys, which the fool Abolitionists were trying to turn loose.

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There is not a village in America in which some such preposterous jackass is not in eruption.

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1 D.V., 4 _dyrk_, 42 eager, 80 earnest, 119 easel, 18, 39 _échouer_, 97 _écouvillon_, 43 _écrou_, 93, _n._ _écurie_, 135 _écuyer_, 135 _effendi_, 22 _Eisenhut_, 29 eke, 114 elbow, 87 ell, 87 _Eltern_, 92 embarrass, 106 emir, 148 Emmot, 36 employ, 105 endeavour, 11 ensign, 128 epitome, 6 equerry, 134 'Erb, 70 ermine, 48 errant, 83 _Erz-_, 83 _escabeau_, 107 escheat, 84 eschew, 64 esquire, 64, 135 etch, 18, 133 _étincelle_, 59 ewer, 115 example, 64 exchequer, 87 excise, 134 exeat, 4 exit, 4 expression, 105 eyas, 114 eyre, 83 _faire la noce_, 95 Fairfax, 181 fairy, 77, 92 falconet, 38 faldstool, 141 fane, 58 farce, 93 Farrar, 176 farrier, 176 farthingale, 137 _Fata Morgana_, 77 Faulkner, 176 _fauteuil_, 141 _Fauvel_, 131, 192, _n._ fay, 77 feckless, 12 fed up, 96 fee, 143 feeble, 58 fellow-feeling, 2 felon, 24 fence, 64 fender, 64 ferret, 33, 149 Ferrier, 176 ferrule, 167 ferule, 167 fetish, 26 feverfew, 30 fiat, 4 filbert, 35 filibuster, 61 _fille_, 82 fire-new, 107 firkin, 21, _n._ 2 Fitch, 180 fives, 10 flail, 58 flawn, 136, _n._ fleingall, 202 Fletcher, 176 floret, 150 florin, 49 flounce, 60 flour, 144 flower, 144 foil, 196 foist, 107, _n._ folio, 6 fond, 80 foot, 86 footpad, 167 force-meat, 93 foreign, 122 forget-me-not, 30 forlorn hope, 18, 129 Forster, 176 Foster, 176 _fou_, 80 _fouet_, 129 _Frauenzimmer_, 94 fragile, 139 frail, 58, 139 freebooter, 61 fret, 133 fretwork, 133 frieze, 47 fritter, 154 Frobisher, 177 _froncle_, 25 frontispiece, 82, _n._ 1 frounce, 60 fruiterer, 63 fuchsia, 31 fugleman, 59 Fuller, 178 _funkelnagelneu_, 107 furlong, 87 furlough, 18 _furoncle_, 25 fusee, 198 _fusil_, 198 fustian, 47, 96 fustian-anapes, 46 fusty, 107 Galvanism, 40 gambit, 158 gamboge, 51 game, 158 gammon, 158 gammy, 158 gamut, 6 gantlope, 130 gaol, 109 garage, 125 garble, 21, 72 _garce_, 82 garibaldi, 39 garret, 104 Garrett, 171 gas, 16 Gascoyne, 173 Gaskin, 173 _gaufre_, 78 Gaunt, 173 gauntlet, 130 geezer, 12 _gefallen_, 109 _geindre_, 187 _Gelbschnabel_, 96 _Geld_, 142 generous, 3 geneva, 68 genius, 4 gent, 66 geranium, 30 _gerben_, 95 _gerfaut_, 121, _n._ _Geschenk_, 91 _Geselle_, 94 _Gevatter_, 95 _Gewehr_, 64, _n._ Gibbon, 172 _Gift_, 91 gift horse, 97 Gilbey, 171 Gillott, 170 gilly-flower, 125 gimbals, 144 gimmal, 144 gin, 65, 68 _gindre_, 187 gingham, 52 gist, 10 _glai_, 132 glaive, 132 glamour, 13, 60, 145 gleek, 102 gloss, 155 gloze, 155 Godbehere, 170 goffer, 78 Gogs, 65 gonfalon, 57 Goodbeer, 170 Goodenough, 170 Goodeve, 171 Goodlake, 171 Goodrich, 171 gorilla, 27 goshawk, 153 Gosling, 180 Gosse, 180 gossip, 94 Gotobed, 170 _goupil_, 35 graft, 111 grail, 13 grain, 87 gramarye, 146 grampus, 33 Grant, 181 Great Orme, 99, _n._ Grecian steps, 118 Greenfield, 175 greengage, 32 greenhorn, 95 Greenhow, 135 Greenman, 181 greyhound, 135 grief, 122 _grimaldello_, 42 grimalkin, 43 _grimoire_, 146 grize, 118 grocer, 175 grog, 68 grogram, 56, _n._, 68 gross, 175, _n._ 3 grotesque, 141, _n._ _guérite_, 103 guillotine, 170 guinea, 51 guinea-fowl, 51 guinea-pig, 32, 51 guitar, 149 guts, 84 guy, 45 Habeas Corpus, 125 hack, 66 hackbut, 127 Hackett, 171 hag, 109 haggard, 108 haggis, 37, _n._ _Hahnenfuss_, 29 Haig, 179, _n._ half a mo', 66 halibut, 35 Hammond, 171 hand, 87 hand of glory, 131 _hangar_, 125 Hannay, 174 Hannibal, 170 Hansom, 56, _n._ hansom, 53, _n._ Hanway, 173 harangue, 23, 55 harbinger, 2, 90, 164 harbour, 2, 133, 164 harry, 2 Harvey, 171 hatchell, 12 hatchment, 136 hauberk, 164 Haunce, 174 _haut_, 132 haversack, 18, _n._ 'haviour, 66 hawse, 164, _n._ Hawtrey, 173 Hay, 179, _n._ Hayward, 179 hearse, 75 heart's ease, 30 heckle, 12 hempie, 67 Herd, 179 Hereford, 2 _herrisch_, 92, _n._ 2 Hewett, 171 Hewlett, 171 Hibbert, 171 hiccough, 125 Hick, 172 Hig, 172 hinterland, 14 hippopotamus, 32 Hitch, 172 Hob, 172 hobby, 91 hobgoblin, 37 Hobson's choice, 192 _Hochzeit_, 95 hock, 68 Hoggart, 179 holland, 47 hollyhock, 35 homely, 81 Homer, 176 homespun, 73 _homme_, 55 Honeyball, 170 honeysuckle, 99 _honte_, 55 Hood, 172 hooligan, 12 Horner, 177 horse-coper, 67 host, 2, 158 Howard, 179 Howitt, 171 Hudson, 172 Huggin, 171 Huguenot, 203 humble pie, 113 hunks, 82 hurly-burly, 70, 189 hussar, 22 hussy, 82 Hutchin, 171 Ib, 70 Ibbotson, 172 ill-starred, 106 imp, 111 indenture, 89 index, 4 Indian corn, 52 Indian ink, 52 indigo, 51 infantry, 76 innuendo, 3 inoculate, 112 insult, 3 interfere, 106 inure, 159 inveigle, 110 invoice, 118 _Irrgarten_, 63 isinglass, 137 item, 4 jack, 42, 44 jackanapes, 45 jackass, 37 jackdaw, 37 jacket, 44 Janaway, 174 _jaquette_, 37 Jarvey, 41 jaunty, 127 jean, 47 jemmy, 42 Jenner, 176 jenneting, 121 Jenny wren, 37 jeopardy, 108 jesses, 120 Jessop, 171 jest, 74 jilt, 46 jingo, 13 jockey, 45, 111 _Johannisapfel_, 121 _jolis fous_, 129 _Jönköping_, 67, _n._ jonquil, 153 joss, 27 journeyman, 106, 165 jovial, 106 jug, 43 Juggins, 43, _n._ jumble, 144 junket, 153 _Jütte_, 42 Kafir, 26, _n._ 1 kail, 153 _Kanzel_, 88 _Kapelle_, 152 Kemp, 176 kennel, 158 kerseymere, 47 kestrel, 100 kickshaws, 116 Kiddier, 176 kidnap, 110 kilderkin, 21 kilt, 19 kimmer, 95 King, 175 kirtle, 150 Kisser, 178 kit, 149 kitcat, 42 kite, 38 kittle, 59 _Kjöbenhavn_, 67, _n._ _kjönne_, 92 _Klaus_, 42 kloof, 91 knapsack, 18 knave, 55 _Knecht_, 84 knickerbockers, 44 knight, 84 _Knoblauch_, 91 _Kohl_, 153 _kooi_, 109 kraal, 25 laager, 18 label, 93 Labouchère, 178 lace, 24 lacrosse, 164 lady-bird, 35 lady's bedstraw, 35 lady's garter, 35 lady's slipper, 35 Lambert, 179 _Lambertsnuss_, 35 lampoon, 9 lancegay, 25 Lander, 178 _landier_, 115 landscape, 18 _Langlois_, 115 lanterloo, 69 larboard, 121 larder, 165 lariat, 24, 115 Larkin, 171 larkspur, 29 _Lärm_, 115 larrikin, 12, 190 larum, 115 lasso, 24 lateen, 51 Latimer, 177 _Launay_, 174 Launder, 178 _lavandière_, 34 lawn, 47 lay-figure, 18, 166 leaguer, 18 leech, 155 legend, 3 Leggatt, 171 lemon, 160 lemon sole, 160 lettuce, 119 level, 58 _lévier_, 115 Levick, 115, 175, _n._ 2 _lèvre_, 117 _Lhuissier_, 90, _n._, 115 libel, 42 _liber_, 86 _liebäugeln_, 110 _lierre_, 115 Lilywhite, 180 limb, 98 limbeck, 63 limbo, 5 lime, 56 Limehouse, 48 limner, 63 linden, 56 _Lindwurm_, 99, _n._ _lingot_, 115 liquorice, 137 list, 93 Lister, 176 little Mary, 43 littoral, 14 Liverpool, 56 livery, 77 lobelia, 31 locomotor ataxy, 125 lockram, 48 Loftus, 170 Lombard, 56 lone, 62 'longing, 66 loo, 69 lords and ladies, 30 Lorimer, 177 Loring, 174 Loveday, 172 love in a mist, 30 Lovell, 171 Lowell, 171 _Löwenmaul_, 30 _Löwenzahn_, 30 L. s. d., 4 Lubbock, 173 lucifer, 4 Luck, 173 _lucus_, 184 lugger, 101 lugsail, 101 lumber-room, 76 _Lümmel_, 96, _n._ luncheon, 124 lupus, 35 Lush, 90, _n._ Lusher, 90, _n._ lutestring, 128 Lyndhurst, 56 Mabel, 58 macadamise, 41 Mackenzie, 195 mackintosh, 39 Macnab, 19, _n._ Macpherson, 19, _n._ Madeira, 51 madge owl, 37 madonna, 142 magazine, 93 magenta, 39, _n._ maggot, 59 magnet, 48 magnolia, 31 magpie, 37 mailed fist, 156 _main de gloire_, 131 Mainwaring, 169 majolica, 48 Malins, 173 malkin, 42 Mall, 166, _n._ 2 malmsey, 51 Malthus, 170 malvoisie, 51 mammet, 43 _manant_, 150 mandarin, 27 mandoline, 149 manger, 8 mangle, 140 mangonel, 140 Mann, 173 manner, 158 manœuvre, 159 manor, 9 Mansell, 173 mansworn, 15, _n._ 1 manual, 3 manure, 159 marabout, 147 maravedi, 147 marble, 69 _marchand des quatre saisons_, 63, _n._ Marchant, 145 _Marienkäfer_, 35 _marionnette_, 43 marmalade, 31 Marner, 176 marquee, 116 Marriot, 36 marshal, 89 Marshalsea, 90 _marsouin_, 32 Martello tower, 60 martin, 37 martinet, 192 _martin-pêcheur_, 37 mascot, 13 mask, 145 _masnadiere_, 151 Massinger, 177 masterpiece, 106 match, 8 mate, 93 _matelot_, 93 Maud, 70 maudlin, 61 maul, 166 _Maulbeere_, 58 maul-stick, 166 maxim, 39 maximum, 4 Mayhew, 171 Mayne, 173 mayor, 153 maze, 63 mazurka, 49 _mediastinus_, 92 _Meerschwein_, 32 _Meerschweinchen_, 51 megrims, 35 meiny, 151 melon, 31 _ménage_, 151 ménagerie, 151 mend, 62 ménétrier, 76 menial, 151 Menzies, 195 merchant, 67 mercurial, 106 merino, 153 Merryweather, 180 mesmerism, 40 mess, 93 _messer_, 92 messmate, 93 metal, 144 _métier_, 160 mettle, 144 mews, 120 miasma, 6 Middlemas, 172 milliner, 48 miniature, 81 minstrel, 76 mint, 142 minx, 82 miscreant, 127 miser, 4 misnomer, 9 miss, 160, _n._ 1 mister, 160 mistery, 159 mizen, 9 mob, 66 Mohock, 12 moidore, 142 _moineau_, 34 money, 141 monkey, 36 monkey-wrench, 38 monkshood, 29 _monnaie_, 142 _monsieur_, 92 Moon, 170 Morel, 181 morion, 199 Morris, 174 morris dance, 49 morris pike, 49 mosaic, 168 mosquito, 39, 59 Mother Carey's chicken, 36 _mouchoir_, 99 _moustique_, 59 Moxon, 172 muckinder, 99 _muguet_, 148 mulberry, 58 mulligrubs, 35 Mullins, 175 mungo, 190 _Münze_, 142 _mûre_, 58 mushroom, 56 musk, 148 musket, 38 muslin, 47 mustang, 23 Musters, 175 _mutande_, 99 mystery, 159 _Nägele_, 91 namby-pamby, 70 Napier, 57, 182 napkin, 57 _nappe_, 57 Nash, 114 naunt, 114 nausea, 6 nave, 153 navvy, 68 navy, 153 nectar, 6 nectarine, 6 Ned, 114 Neddy, 36 _négromancie_, 131 negus, 40 neighbour, 84, _n._ 1 Neil, 171 _Nelke_, 91 Nell, 114 newt, 114 nice, 80 nickel, 44 nickname, 114 nickum, 45 nickumpoop, 45 _Nicodème_, 45 nicotine, 40 niddering, 15 nincompoop, 45 ninny, 45 ninnyhammer, 45 _niveau_, 58 noddy, 45 noddypeak, 45 _noix gauge_, 152 Nokes, 114 Noll, 114 nonce, 114 Norfolk Howard, 180 Norman, 185 Norris, 174 Norroy, 174 nostrum, 4 Nowell, 172 Nugent, 173 nuncheon, 124 nuncle, 114 nurse, 174 nut, 188 nutmeg, 148 Nutter, 179 _nux_, 188 object, 105 obligation, 3 obvious, 105 odium, 4 odsbodikins, 65 ogle, 110 ogre, 204 _oignon_, 95 _oiseau de Saint Martin_, 37 Old Nick, 44 omelet, 136 omen, 4 omnibus, 5 onion, 91, _n._ 1 Onslow, 182 orange, 31 _oreste_, 132 oriel, 58 orlop, 18 orrery, 40 _orteil_, 132 ortolan, 33 _oseille_, 162 ostler, 55, 164 ounce, 114 pad, 167 padder, 167 padding, 96 Padgett, 172 _padrastro_, 25 paj, 66 paladin, 139 Palatine, 139 palaver, 26 pallet, 156 Palliser, 177 Pall Mall, 166, _n._ 2 palmer, 33 Palsgrave, 139 palsy, 61 Pam, 69 pamphlet, 41 pandy, 5 pantaloons, 44 pantry, 165 _Panzer_, 156 paper, 86 parable, 26 _parbleu_, 65 parchment, 49 parish, 61, 150 Parker, 177 Parkin, 171 parley, 26 parmaceti, 186 parmesan, 186 Parminter, 177 Parnell, 172 parole, 26 parrot, 36 parse, 5 parson, 145 Partlet, 36 partridge, 61 Pascal, 172 Pascoe, 172 pasquinade, 41 pastern, 76 past master, 106 Patch, 181 patch, 8 pathos, 6 patten, 117 patter, 69 _paume_, 10 pauper, 4 Pav, 66 pawn, 160 pay, 160 Payn, 181 paynim, 77 pea, 116 peach, 49, 62 peajacket, 135 peal, 62 Pearce, 181 _pecunia_, 143 pedigree, 77, 123 Peel, 173 pelargonium, 30 _pèlerin_, 58 _Pelissier_, 176 pen, 167 pencil, 167 Pennefather, 180 Pentecost, 172 penthouse, 125 peon, 160 perch, 87 periwig, 63, _n._ 2 periwinkle, 128 Perkin, 171 Perrot, 36 person, 145 pert, 80 peruse, 195 pester, 76, 167 _Peterchen_, 42 petrel, 36 petronel, 197 Pettifer, 77 Pettigrew, 77 petty, 80 pew, 8 _Pfalz_, 139 Phillimore, 175 Philpot, 171 Physick, 170 pickaback, 71 pick-axe, 126 Pickard, 173 pie, 37 piebald, 38 _pierrot_, 36 pig-iron, 38 Pilcher, 176 pilgrim, 58 pinchbeck, 40 Pinder, 177 pine-apple, 32 _pion_, 160 pips, 102 plain, 81 plaudit, 5 Playfair, 181 plover, 99 pluck, 83 pocket, 97, _n._ pocket-handkerchief, 98 Pocock, 181 Poidevin, 173 _pointe_, 66 poison, 91 poke, 97 polecat, 165 polka, 49 Pollock, 174 Poll parrot, 36 _polonaise_, 50 polony, 49 pomander, 57 pomcitron, 32 pomegranate, 32 _Pomeranze_, 31 Pomeroy, 174 _pomme de pin_, 32 ponder, 1 Pope Joan, 129 porcelain, 39 porcupine, 32 porpoise, 32 porridge, 118 port, 51 portcullis, 154 porter, 81, _n._ Portugee, 116 Portwine, 173, _n._ 3 Poslett, 169 Posnett, 169 possum, 64 posthumous, 126 _post-mortem_, 4 posy, 145 _potence_, 40 _Potz_, 65 _pouce_, 87 _Pouille_, 114 poulterer, 63 pounce, 108 pouncet-box, 108 _pourboire_, 91 Power, 181 power, 9 pow-wow, 14 Poyser, 176 prayer, 74 premises, 6 premisses, 6 premium, 4 prentice, 63, 106 prepense, 1 preposterous, 129, _n._ press-gang, 130 Prester John, 92, _n._ 2 Priddle, 175, _n._ 1 priest, 92 primrose, 125 proctor, 61 pub, 66 pudding, 74 puisne, 80 pun, 66 punch, 94, _n._ pundigrion, 66 _pundit_, 94, _n._ Punjaub, 94, _n._ puny, 80 Purcell, 180 purley, 124 purlieu, 123 purloin, 186 pursy, 126 purview, 4 _Puy de Dôme_, 8 puzzle, 64 python, 6 pyx, 6, 127 quaint, 78 quair, 146 quarrel, 161 quarry, 160 quarto, 6 quean, 82 querry, 134 query, 5 quilt, 137 quince, 119 quintal, 21 quire, 146 quirry, 134 quirt, 24 quorum, 6 rack, 155 radius, 4 raiment, 61 rampart, 121 ramper, 121 ranch, 23 rank, 23 rappee, 9 Read, 181 Reader, 178 reasty, 79 _reata_, 24 rebus, 5 recreant, 127 recruit, 64 redstart, 117 Reed, 181 Reeder, 178 _Regenpfeifer_, 99 _Regenschirm_, 64, _n._ Reginald, 36 rehearse, 106 Reid, 181 _reine Claude_, 32 reist, 79 relent, 3 remainder, 9 remnant, 9 Renard, 35 _rendre_, 122 renegade, 127 requiem, 5 restive, 79 revel, 141 revelly, 10 Reynold, 36 Rich, 172 Rick, 172 _Rittersporn_, 29 rival, 3 Rob, 172 rob, 148 robe, 148 Robin, 91 robin, 37 Rocinante, 177 romance, 74 Ronald, 36 rosemary, 125 _rossignol_, 42 roster, 18 _rote_, 176 rouncy, 177 Rouse, 181 rouse, 117 row, 117 Rudge, 181 rudimentary, 105 rum, 68 rummage, 76 runagate, 127 Runciman, 177 Russell, 181 rusty, 79 sabotage, 11 Sacheverell, 182 sack, 116, _n._ 1 sake, 2 saker, 38 salade, 199 salary, 3 salet, 199 Salmon, 181 salt-cellar, 135 salver, 123 salvo, 123 samite, 149 samphire, 35 sample, 64 _Samt_, 149 sandwich, 39 Sandy, 70 _Sankt Peters Vogel_, 36 Saragossa, 51 sarcenet, 47 sardine, 48 _Sarg_, 140 Sargent, 145 sash, 158 sassafras, 30 satire, 93 saveloy, 136 saxifrage, 30 scabbard, 164 scallion, 48 scaramouch, 64, _n._, 142 scavenger, 84 schedule, 93 _scheitern_, 97 _Schemel_, 107 _schirmen_, 64, _n._ _Schöntierlein_, 92 school, 56, 162 scintilla, 4 scion, 111 scissors, 127 score, 89 scrimer, 64, _n._ scrimmage, 64, _n._, 142 Scriven, 178 scroll, 93 scruple, 87 scull, 162 scullery, 43 scullion, 43 'sdeath, 65 seal, 133 sea-lion, 32 sear, 162 search, 57 secretary, 34 sedan, 52 seel, 133 seesaw, 70 _sehr_, 168 _Seide_, 27 _seigneur_, 92 _Sekt_, 116, _n._ 1 _selig_, 45 sendal, 47 seneschal, 92 senior, 4 sennet, 153 _señor_, 92 sentinel, 102 sentry, 102 sepoy, 146 seraglio, 132 serge, 27 sergeant, 148 serpent, 38 servant, 148 service-tree, 129 Seward, 179 sexton, 61 Seymour, 169 shalloon, 47 shallop, 55 shallot, 48 shambles, 106 shame-faced, 125 shark, 33 shawm, 24 shay, 116 Sheepshanks, 77 sherbet, 146 sherry, 51, 116 shift, 99 shilly-shally, 70 ship, 105 shirk, 33 shirt, 150 short, 150 shrapnel, 39 shrew, 34 shrewd, 34 shrive, 74 shrub, 146 _sieur_, 92 _signor_, 92 silhouette, 40 silk, 27 silly, 45 silly Johnny, 45 Sinclair, 169 sinister, 3 sir, 92 sire, 92, 142, _n._ sirloin, 191 sirup, 146 Sisson, 172 sizar, 62 size, 62 sjambok, 26 skate, 117 skeeter, 65 sketch, 18, 22 skew, 64 skinker, 124, _n._ 2 skipper, 17 skirmish, 61, 64, _n._, 142 skirt, 150 slave, 22 slim, 20 Sloper, 178 slow-worm, 99 slug, 94, _n._ slug-horn, 14 smock, 99 smug, 81 snap, 18 snapdragon, 29 snaphaunce, 198 snapsack, 18 snark, 16 snickersnee, 70 Snooks, 170 soccer, 66 solder, 154 soldier, 154 _Söldner_, 154 solemn, 140 sorrel, 162 sorrow, 168 sorry, 168 _soudard_, 154 _souillon_, 43 souse, 120 sovereign, 122, _n._ 1 spade, 78 _spahi_, 146 span, 87 spaniel, 49 sparagus, 66 sparrow-grass, 125 spatula, 78 spec', 67 species, 140 spence, 165 Spencer, 65, 165 spencer, 39, 188 spice, 64, 140 Spicer, 175 spick and span, 107 spinning-jenny, 42 Spitalfields, 64 spite, 65 Spittlegate, 64 splay, 65 sponge, 56 Spoonerism, 60 sport, 65 sprightly, 122, _n._ 1 sprite, 64 _Sprössling_, 111 spruce, 48 squarson, 66 squire, 64 stable, 56 stage, 64 staid, 101 stain, 65 stale, 101 stance, 143 staniel, 202 stank, 26 stanza, 143 starboard, 121 stationer, 63, _n._ 1 _Steckenpferd_, 91 _Steinbrech_, 30 steingall, 202 _Steppdecke_, 137 sterling, 79 stevedore, 76, _n._ steward, 90 Stewart, 90 stickler, 75, 172, _n._ 2 still-room, 165 stimulus, 4 Stoddart, 179 stomacher, 156 stone, 87 stonegall, 202 _Storchschnabel_, 29 _stortelli_, 144 stout, 81 stranded, 97 stun, 106 sullen, 140 Summerfield, 175 Sumner, 176 supercilious, 3 surcease, 126 surly, 92 surplice, 176, _n._ surround, 164 Surtees, 172 swank, 203 sward, 84 sweet William, 30 sympathy, 2 synopsis, 6 syrup, 146 tabby, 47 taffrail, 126 taint, 64 talisman, 22 tallage, 134 tally, 88 talon, 9 Tammany, 14 tandem, 4 tank, 26 tankard, 59 tansy, 30 tantalise, 41 _tante_, 70 tarantella, 50 tarantula, 50 tartan, 19, 47 tassel, 163 'tater, 66 tattoo, 18, 162 tawdry, 65 tease, 12 teasel, 12 'tec, 65 teetotaller, 6 teetotum, 6 Telford, 182 'tench, 65 tender, 64 tenet, 4 tennis, 10 tent, 163 tenter-hooks, 154 termagant, 46 test, 106 testy, 79 tetchy, 163 _tête_, 106 thimble, 61 Thoroughgood, 170 Tibbet, 171 Tibert, 36 tick, 67 tidbit, 123 tiddlebat, 172, _n._ 2 'Tilda, 70 Tillet, 171 Tillotson, 172 tilt, 108 _tinnunculus_, 100 tinsel, 59 tire, 63 tit, 123 titbit, 123 titmouse, 123 tittlebat, 172, _n._ 2 tittle-tattle, 70 'Tizer, 69 tobacco, 194 toby jug, 44 tocsin, 152 Todhunter, 177 toils, 108 _tolle Buchen_, 129 tomtit, 37 Tono-Bungay, 16 Toogood, 170 Tooley St., 65 touchy, 163 tousle, 12 Towser, 12 toy, 18 Tozer, 12 trace, 118 tram, 191 traveller's joy, 30 treacle, 75 trellis, 148 trepan, 109 tret, 144 trews, 117 tribunal, 4 _Trinkgeld_, 91 tripod, 140 tripos, 140 trivet, 139 trivial, 3 trouble, 59 Troublefield, 175 trousers, 117 trove, 61, 101 troy, 50 truce, 119 trump, 9 Trumper, 177 tuberose, 125 Tucker, 178 tucket, 153 tuck of drum, 153 tulip, 147 turban, 147 turkey, 52 Turney, 171 turnip, 95 tweeny, 92 tweezers, 120 twill, 148 Tybalt, 36 umber, 152 umbrella, 152 umpire, 113 uncouth, 2 Underhill, 172 undertaker, 63, _n._ 1 unkempt, 2 unseal, 133 upholder, 178 upholsterer, 63 usher, 90 usquebaugh, 68 utterance, 163 vagabond, 168 vagrant, 168 Valais, 152 vambrace, 62 vamose, 10 vamp, 61 van, 62, 69 vane, 58 vanguard, 62 _varech_, 55 Varney, 174, _n._ 1 'varsity, 69 _varsovienne_, 50 vaunt, 194 vauntcourier, 62 Veck, 175, _n._ 2 _vedette_, 104 vellum, 56 veneer, 147 venew, 123 veney, 123 venom, 56 venue, 124 verdigris, 129 _verheeren_, 2 Verney, 174, _n._ 1 verse, 143 _vertugadin_, 137 vet, 66 veto, 4 Vick, 175, _n._ 2 victoria, 39 videlicet, 4 vie, 65 _vigie_, 103 vignette, 81 viking, 168 villa, 150 villain, 150 vinegar, 80 _viva-voce_, 4 viz., 4 _voile_, 117 voltaism, 40 vril, 16, _n._ wafer, 78 wag, 67 Wait, 176 waits, 76 Wales, 151 Walker, 178 Wallachia, 151 wallet, 59 _Wallis_, 152 Walloon, 151 walnut, 151 Ward, 179 warison, 14 Warner, 176 Wat, 36 wattle, 59 weed, 2 week-end, 12 Weenen, 31 weir, 64, _n._ wellington, 39 wench, 82 wergild, 142 wheatear, 117 wheel, 189 whisky, 63, _n._ 2, 68 white feather, 108 Whittaker, 175 Whittier, 177 wig, 69 Wilmot, 171 wipe, 66 wire, 66 wiseacre, 128 wistaria, 31 witch-elm, 128 worsted, 48 write, 74 Wyatt, 171 Xeres, 51 yacht, 18 Yankee, 116 yard, 87 yare, 95 _Ysopet_, 41 zany, 45 _Zentner_, 21 zero, 147 zest, 112 _Zettel_, 93 zigzag, 70 _zijde_, 27 _Zins_, 134 Zoo, 66 zounds, 65 _Zwiebel_, 95 _Zwilch_, 148 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH Transcriber's Endnotes: The text remains as printed, with the following exceptions: Page 60.

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"THE LAUGHING JACKASS"--Australian Snakes and Snake Stories X.

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"THE LAUGHING JACKASS"--AUSTRALIAN SNAKES AND SNAKE STORIES.

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"Our host then explained that the bird which was amusing us was known as the 'laughing jackass.'

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"The laughing jackass is a friend of the bushman, as he foretells wet weather.

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We could hear the notes of several birds, and louder than all the rest of their voices was that of the laughing jackass, which has already been described.

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One evening a customer, hearing a trampling of hoofs on the paved roadway outside, lifted the curtain, and recognizing the Commandant-in-Chief of the National Guard, the _citoyen_ Hanriot, who was riding past with his Staff, muttered between his teeth: "There goes Robespierre's jackass!"

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"He saw a cross fellow beating an ass Laden with pots, pans, dishes, and glass; Tom took out his pipe and played a tune, And the jackass's load was lightened full soon."

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_Magicien_," he added as the schoolmaster moved on, "_sorcier!_--Voudou!--jackass!"

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Crowds of men and women, all in their shirts only--lazy looking-on watermen calling for employment, porters packing luggage on the camels, donkey-boys, little active urchins, offering their asses, crying: "Here him best donkey"--"you Englese no walk"--"him kick highest"--"him fine jackass"--"me take you to Cairo."

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Why, you simple-minded jackass, these scientists will eat you up.

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Don't get out, Lew--stay where you are, you jackass.

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"You know, Weener, the jackass who said Christmas mightnt have been so far out afterall."

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"Just like the braying of a jackass afflicted with bronchitis," as Charley said afterwards ruefully, to his chum.

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"Here's Jackey and 'is missus, as usual, Miss Kate," he said, pointing to the slip rails of the milking yard, on which a large "laughing jackass," and his mate had perched, and were regarding Kate with solemn attention.

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"They are out already, Miss; them two laughin' jackasses 'as heaten up every blessed egg, and on'y the shells is lef.

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"Next ter halligaters, laughin' jackasses his the mischievioustest, and cunnin'est things hin creation," observed Mr Smith; "hif I 'ad my gun 'ere now I could take 'em both hin a line.

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I onct heerd a naturalist cove as was getting birds on the Diamantina River say that he was dead certain there wasn't no laughin' jackasses in the Garden o' Eding, which was a smokin' great pity."

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"Oh, he says, says he, as he was skinnin' a jackass which had a two foot whip snake inside him, 'if one o' you fellers 'ad a been in Eding, poor Heve wouldn't 'ave got hinter no trouble, hand we 'uman bein's 'ud go on livin' for hever like Muthusalum.

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The old serpant,' says he, 'wouldn't a 'ad the ghost of a show hif han Australlyian laughin' jackass 'ad copped him talkin' to Heve, and tellin' 'er it was orlright, and to go ahead an' heat as much as her stomach would accomydate.'"

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* Laughing jackasses.

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"They'll plug you, you poor jackass -- two o' them like that, and one a-settin' up to watch out.

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