Buildoze

to.—To intimidate. Bunco.— A swindling game. Buncombe or Bunkum.— A_ speech made solely to please a constituency; talking for talking’s sake, and in an inflated style. Calculate.— To suppose, to believe, to think. Camp-meeting.— A meeting held in the fields or woods for religious purposes, and where the a emblage encamp and remain for several days. Car—A carriage or wagon of a railway train. The English man “travels by rail,” the American takes, or goes by, the cars. Carpet-bagger— A needy political adventurer who carries all his earthly goods in a carpet-bag; originally applied to politicians from the Northern States who sought offices in the South after the Civil War. Caucus— A private meeting of the leading politicians of a party to agree upon the plans to be pursued in an approaching election. Chunk.— A short, thick piece of wood or any other material. Corn.— Maize. In England, wheat or grain in general. Corn-husking or COorn-shucking.— An occasion on which a farmer invites his neighbors to a ist him in stripping the husks from his corn. Creek.—A small tributary of a large river.