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Aids to Verisimilitude
Mencken, H. L. | September 19, 1934 issue

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This article focuses on the book "A Thesaurus of Slang," compiled and arranged by Howard N. Rose. Rose's purpose is the philanthropic one of helping pulp fictioneers in distress. Suppose that a member of the craft is sitting in his dismal garret, struggling bitterly with a tale of crime. He knows that there is a ready market for such goods, and he has lifted a swell plot from the tabloids, but unfortunately he is not acquainted with any criminals and is thus somewhat shaky about the terminology of their mystery. What do such persons call the kind of green ink with which they write letters to the lawyers of kidnapped brewers? How do they phrase it when they want to say that it is a fine day? Here is where Rose's book comes in.

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THESAURUS of Slang, A (Book); BOOKS; ROSE, Howard N.; CRIME; SOCIAL problems; KIDNAPPING victims
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