DEMAGOGUE From Grk. demos, people, and Eng. gag. One who gags the
people.

DEMOCRACY A mysterious country, bounded on the east by Richard
Olney, on the west by Willie Bryan, on the north by Dave Hill and
on the south by Bennie Pitchfork Tillman.

DEN A cavity.

DENT To punch.

DENTIST One who punches the face and fills cavities.

DEUCE An honest card, in fact the only one that is never known to
beat tray.

DEVIL An old rascal mentioned in the Bible, now reported engaged
to Mary McLane.

DIAMOND A bright gem the sparkle of which sometimes renders a
woman stone-blind to the defects of the man proffering it.

DIARY An honest autobiography. A good keepsake, but a bad give-
away.

DIGNITY A narrow, unstable bearing which mental spindle-shanks try
to stand upon when they have no other support.

DICKENS An author; polite term for the devil.