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AMERICAN AND ENGLISH TODAY 101

American squash stem-winder stockholder stocks store-fixtures street-cleaner street-railway subway suspenders (men's) sweater switch (noun, railway) switch (verb, railway) taxes (municipal) taxpayer (local) tenderloin (of beef) ten-pins thumb-tack ticket-office tinner tin-roof track (railroad) trained-nurse transom (of door) trolley-car ^X'truck (vehicle) truck (of a railroad car) trunk typewriter (operator) typhoid-fever undershirt vaudeville-theatre vegetables vest . warden (of a prison) warehouse wash-rag wash-stand wash-wringer waste-basket whipple-tree 2 witness-stand wood-alcohol 2 Sometimes whiffle-tree. English vegetable-marrow keyless-watch shareholder shares shop-fittings crossing-sweeper tramway tube, or underground braces jersey points shunt rates ratepayer under-cut nine-pins drawing-pin booking-office tinker leads line hospital-nurse fanlight tramcar lorry bogie box typist enteric vest music-hall greens waistcoat governor stores face-cloth wash-hand-stand mangle waste-paper-basket splinter-bar witness-box methylated-spirits

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