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_ Many hands make light work--also a good Jackpot. =OAR= A popular device for catching crabs. * * * * * =OATS= England's horse-feed, America's breakfast and Scotland's table-d'hote. * * * * * =OATH= A form of speech that has many trials in court, but is never tried in Sunday School. * * * * * =OBESITY= A surplus gone to waist. * * * * * =OCEAN= An old toper who is always soaked, has many a hard night along the coast, floats many a schooner, lashes himself into a fury because so frequently crossed, and has his barks in every port. At sea, the king of the elements; on shore, a mere surf. * * * * * =OLEOMARGARINE= The White Bread's Burden. From Eng. olio, a mixture, and Grk. margino, to be furious. A furious mixture. * * * * * =OMNIBUS= A test for Patience, still popular in England. From Grk. oneiros, dream, and baino, to go or move. A dream of motion. * * * * * =ONION= The all-round strength champion of the Vegetable Kingdom, garlic and cabbage being close rivals. * * * * * =OPERA= A drama that has taken on airs and refuses to speak, yet always sings its own praises. =GRAND OPERA= An excuse for displaying several boxes of jewelry and peaches with pedigrees. * * * * * =OPINION= The prodigal son of Thought. =PUBLIC OPINION= The world's champion pugilist, who has knocked out Law in many a hard fought bout. * * * * * =OPIUM= The real author of "The Dream Book." * * * * * =OPTIMISM= A cheerful frame of mind that enables a tea-kettle to sing though in hot water up to its nose. * * * * * =ORCHARD= The small boy's Eden of today, in which the apple again occasions the fall. * * * * * =OSTRICH= The largest and heaviest bird on earth, yet rated by his owners only as a featherweight. * * * * * =OUTSKIRTS= The only garments which clothe many a metropolis with decency. * * * * * =OVEN= The only sport who enjoys an equally hot time with or without the dough. Handsome is what hansoms charge. _ |
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