ISOLATION From Eng. ice, meaning cold, and Lat. solus, alone.
Alone in the cold.


After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile. And every
meal's a supper to the Hobo.

J

Lies have no legs--That's why we all have to stand for them.


JACK An instrument requiring a strong arm, and used for raising
heavy weights, or for pulling off the boots.

JACK-POT An instrument requiring a strong hand, and used for
raising heavy bets, or for pulling off the stakes.

JAG From the Spanish word zaga, meaning a load packed on the
outside of a van. In America the load is packed on the inside of a
man.

JAM A pantry composition in A minor.

JANITOR From jangle, to quarrel, and torrid, meaning hot. Hot and
quarrelsome.

JELLY-CAKE Synonym for Belly-Ache.