RHETORIC Language in a dress suit.


RICE An effective field-piece, used for assaulting Chinamen or the newly-married.


ROQUEFORT A kind of cheese whose odor puts it easily in the first rank.


ROYCROFTER A successful book-maker on the East Aurora turf. From Fr. roi, king, and old Saxon crofter, or grafter. King of Grafters.


RUMOR The long-distance champion of the Human Race—a monster with more tales than an octopus.