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Handsome is what hansoms charge.
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Soap, long deferred, maketh the dirt stick.
=PAIN= A sensation experienced on receiving a Punch, particularly the London one.
=PALMISTRY= A plausible excuse for holding hands.
=PANTS= Trousers' Country Cousins.
=PARACHUTE=
[Ill.u.s.tration]
A successful method for getting the drop on the Earth.
=PARAGON= The model man a woman regrets she gave up for the one she mistakenly married.
=PARENTS= One of the hards.h.i.+ps of a minor's life.
=Pa.s.s= A form of transportation issued free to those who are quite able to pay.
=Pa.s.sENGER= One who does not travel on a pa.s.s. (Antonym for Deadhead). From Eng. _pa.s.s_, to go, and Grk. _endidomi_, to give up. One who has to give up to go.
=PARROT= An individual who can never be held responsible for what he says.
=PASTRY= A deadly weapon carried by cafes, cooks and newly married housekeepers.
=PATRIOT= One who is willing to take all of Uncle Sam's bonds in a lump.
=p.a.w.n=
[Ill.u.s.tration]
v. t., To keep property in the family by leaving it all with your Uncle.
=p.a.w.nBROKER= A mercenary man to whom money is the one redeeming quality.
=PEACE= A mythical condition of tranquillity frequently reported from the Phillipines.
=PEACH= A popular synonym for Fair Woman, probably because the peach is largely a skin and stony at heart.
=PEARL= A small round product manufactured by an oyster, bought by a lobster and worn by a b.u.t.terfly.
=PENITENT= From _pen_, meaning to write, and _intent_, meaning determination. One who determines for the right.
=PESSIMIST= One who paints things blue. And sometimes red.
=PHILISTINE= In Bible times, one who worried the children of Israel; today, one who worries only himself. From Grk.
_phloios_, bark, and _tino_, to punish. One who barks to punish.
=PHILANTHROPIST= One who returns to the people publicly a small percentage of the wealth he steals from them privately.
