CHAUFFEUR A man who is smart enough to operate an automobile, but
clever enough not to own one.

CHRISTIAN A member of any orthodox church.

CHRISTMAS A widely observed holiday on which the past nor the
future is of so much interest as the present.

CHUMP Any one whose opinion differs radically from ours.

CIGARETTE A weed whose smoke, some say, should never be inhaled,
and still more insist should never be exhaled.

CINDER One of the first things to catch your eye in travelling.

CIVILIZATION An upward growth or tendency that has enabled mankind
to develop the college yell from what was once only a feeble war-
whoop.

COLLECTOR A man whom few care to see but many ask to call again.

COLLEGE From Fr. colle, pasted or stuck, and etude, study. A
place where everyone is stuck on study.(?)

COLONEL A male resident of Kentucky. See KERNEL.

COMPLIMENT v. t., From Eng. con,--hot air, and Lat. pleo, to fill.
Hence, to fill with hot air.

COMPLEXION Color for the face. From Eng. complex, difficult, and