ABSTRACT
TEN IMP 0 R TAN T T REA TIS E S 61 streets"; and on page 798, under the heading "street yarn," we learn that "to spin street yarn" is "to frequent the streets without any definite object." A "stove pipe" is a tall hat; and then follows a second entry, "stove pipe hat, a tall hat." A "suck in" is "a cheat," and "to suck in" is "to take in, to cheat." Many more instances might be mentioned; but it is hardly necessary to go further than this, in order to show how the book is filled up and expanded, without rhyme or reason. Mr. Bartlett would have done better to take pattern from Halliwell's admirable dictionary, a work that contains nearly ten times as many entries as the "Dictionary of Americanisms," but fills less than fifty more pages.
