_ Lies have no legs--That's why we all have to stand for them.
=JACK= An instrument requiring a strong arm, and used for raising heavy weights, or for pulling off the boots.
=JACK-POT= An instrument requiring a strong hand, and used for raising heavy bets, or for pulling off the stakes.
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=JAG= From the Spanish word
zaga, meaning a load packed on the outside of a van. In America the load is packed on the inside of a man.
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=JAM= A pantry composition in A minor.
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=JANITOR= From
jangle, to quarrel, and
torrid, meaning hot. Hot and quarrelsome.
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=JELLY-CAKE= Synonym for Belly-Ache.
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=JERSEY= Well knit.
=NEW JERSEY= Well bit. (See Mosquito).
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=JEW'S HARP= From Jew, a Hebrew, and Harp, a musical instrument, the Jew's musical instrument being a "Sell low!" (Old spelling, Cello).
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=JIMMY= An implement employed by men of acquisitive natures who cannot afford seats in the Stock Exchange.
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=JOB= An uncertain commodity regulated by a Union Card.
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=JOCKEY= From
jog, to move slowly, and
key, something that makes fast. Hence, one who makes the pace fast or slow, according to instructions.
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=JOINT= Either a low limb from the butcher, or a low quarter in town; in either case the lower the tougher.
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=JOKE= A form of humor enjoyed by some and misunderstood by most; in England, requiring a diagram, raised letters and a club.
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=JOLLY= v. t., To "con" or "josh."
=JOLLY BOAT= The Ship of State.
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=JUDGE= One who sits on a bench in a court, frames sentences and finishes crooks for a living, and swears continually.
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=JULEP= An insidious friend from the South, who hands you a mint and gives you a sweet spirit, followed shortly by a Bun.
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=JURY= Twelve men chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
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=JUSTICE= Fair play; often sought, but seldom discovered, in company with Law.
A chip of the old block--A daughter of the Tenderloin. _