Favorite Definitions from “The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days (1914)”
Bohemia: A good place in which to camp, but a very poor place in which to settle down.
American Plan: A scheme for shortening human life through overeating.
Chauffeur:The power behind the thrown.
Purgatory: Two telephone systems in one town.
Polygamy: An endeavor to get more out of life than there is in it.
Race Problem: Picking the winner.
Zone: The region immediately surrounding a Limburger Cheese.
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