UNION An ailing individual frequently troubled by scabs and liable
to strike without warning.

UMPIRE No jeweler, but a high authority on diamonds.

USHER One who takes a leading part in a theatre.


VACCINATION Where "jabbing the needle" is never a vice.

VAUDEVILLE From Lat. vaut, good for, and villageois, countryman.
Good for countrymen.

VERANDA An open-air enclosure often used as a spoon-holder.

VEST A waistcoat sold at halfprice.

VIRTUE A quality oftentimes associated with intelligence, but
rarely with beauty.

VULGARITY The conduct of others.


A rolling stone gathers no moss--except at roulette.

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But a stony roll always gathers the stony stare.