The Silly Syclopedia by Noah [pseud.] Lott
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CASH. The stuff we work for, work other people for and are worked for.
Synonyms: Bones, Cash, Coin, Dough, Ducats, Long-green, Mazuma, and 1,000 others. CHARITY. Something which begins at home and stays at home every day except Sunday, when it goes to church to talk about itself. CINCH. When a man starts out with a bundle of money and a bundle of booze it's a cinch that he drops the money first. COLD FEET. A punishment for those that stand around and wait for dead men's shoes. COMPLIMENTS. Things which some people fish for hard enough to catch a sea-serpent. CONFIDENCE MAN. The noblest work of fraud. CONCLUSION. Something a woman jumps at in the same manner in which she jumps off a street car--which is backwards. CONSCIENCE. The alarm clock on a man's mind which is seldom wound up. CONSISTENCY. A jewel which isn't appreciated as a Christmas present. CONTENTMENT. A large, open-faced gentleman telling his friends how he self-made himself. COPPER-FASTENED CINCH. A good-looking widow who has made up her mind to marry again. |
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