DABBLE v. t., To play in water. DABBLE IN STOCKS--Same thing.

DACHSHUND A low-down dog.

DANCE A brisk, physical exercise, invented by St. Vitus.

DATES A fruit commonly plucked from the Family Tree and spread on
the leaves of history. (Dist. bet. Dates and Peaches, which are
often associated).

DEAD Without life. See Boston.

DEADER Pompeii.

DEADEST Philadelphia.

DEADBEAT One who makes a soft living by sponging it.

DEBT A big word beginning with Owe, which grows bigger the more it
is contracted.

DEE-LIGHTED An Oyster Bay localism, derived from delighted.

(Patent and Dramatic rights to this word are, until March 4, 1905,
the exclusive property of T. Roosevelt, Esq. Subsequent editions
of The Foolish Dictionary will define the word at length).

DELEGATE From Eng. dally, to loaf, and Fr. gate, spoiled. A
spoiled loafer.