_ Many hands make light work--also a good Jackpot.
=OAR= A popular device for catching crabs.
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=OATS= England's horse-feed, America's breakfast and Scotland's table-d'hote.
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=OATH= A form of speech that has many trials in court, but is never tried in Sunday School.
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=OBESITY= A surplus gone to waist.
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=OCEAN= An old toper who is always soaked, has many a hard night along the coast, floats many a schooner, lashes himself into a fury because so frequently crossed, and has his barks in every port. At sea, the king of the elements; on shore, a mere surf.
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=OLEOMARGARINE= The White Bread's Burden. From Eng.
olio, a mixture, and Grk.
margino, to be furious. A furious mixture.
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=OMNIBUS= A test for Patience, still popular in England. From Grk.
oneiros, dream, and
baino, to go or move. A dream of motion.
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=ONION= The all-round strength champion of the Vegetable Kingdom, garlic and cabbage being close rivals.
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=OPERA= A drama that has taken on airs and refuses to speak, yet always sings its own praises. =GRAND OPERA= An excuse for displaying several boxes of jewelry and peaches with pedigrees.
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=OPINION= The prodigal son of Thought. =PUBLIC OPINION= The world's champion pugilist, who has knocked out Law in many a hard fought bout.
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=OPIUM= The real author of "The Dream Book."
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=OPTIMISM= A cheerful frame of mind that enables a tea-kettle to sing though in hot water up to its nose.
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=ORCHARD= The small boy's Eden of today, in which the apple again occasions the fall.
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=OSTRICH= The largest and heaviest bird on earth, yet rated by his owners only as a featherweight.
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=OUTSKIRTS= The only garments which clothe many a metropolis with decency.
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=OVEN= The only sport who enjoys an equally hot time with or without the dough.
Handsome is what hansoms charge. _