Now look at sample $:2. CBACKED means . . . broken, looney, cranky, crooked Which of the last four words best explains the meaning of CRACKED' Either "broken" or "looney" will do, so draw a line under either one, but only under one. Now on the rest of the page are a great number of exercises Remember, underline only one word on each line, that word which will give the best meaning. Begin at the top and work all the way down the list until the time is called. SIMP means dumbell, simpleton, sink, scab IVORY DOME means cupola, bonehead, elephant's tusk, foolish IRON MEN means Crusaders, dollars, bones, rubes SHEBNEY means Silky, Kike, Jips, Jew To BE STEWED means drunk, cooked, tanked, batty COTTON means cloth, hut, flour, herd THIS JOINT means this house, knee, plunk, den SQUEEZING means telling, yelling, whooping, tattling VAMOSE means beat it, car, go away, skidaddle HOOTCH means booze, beer, hatch, hoodlum DASH means rush, smear, lack, fasten DEVOUT means lawless, pious, devotion, formal DIP means cannon, vag, dive, thief ELBOW means collar, detective, cinch, bone TIGHT-WAD means booze-artist, narrow, stingy, close-fisted FOBBEE means fob-worker, pick-pocket, watch-fob, mik NUTS means foolish, dippy, fruit, mut ABILITY means diligence, speed, power, dignity LIGHT-FINGESED means fairy-like, thievish, three-fingered, pussyfooted CARGO means load, hem, draught, vehicle DUCK means fowl, hide, beat it, pippin WARM BABY affectionate, woollen clothes, Hot Tamales, boob DUKES means hands, mits, aristocrats, bucks
