cross the street? Because the butcher."

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BAR. A place where men go to get a thirst so that they can go there
again to quench their thirst.

BEETHOVEN'S SONATA. An excuse some women use for beating the face off a
piano.

BIGAMIST. A man that adds one and has two to carry.

BLONDE. An abbreviation of peroxide of hydrogen.

BREEZE. A condition in the atmosphere which generally arises on a cold
day, to make it colder and stays away on a hot day to make it warmer.

It is supposed to inhabit the windows, but when you look for it on a
Summer night all you can see is the "gent" next door chaperoning the
growler.

BUNDLE. A load of preserves. From the Norwegian _bun_, meaning high
tide. "Yesterday he annexed a _bundle_ and this morning he sits on
the front steps singing soft lullabies to a hold-over." (Shakespeare,
page 18.)




[Illustration: "C--Coogan thinking about home."]