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THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE
| American | English |
|---|---|
| pay-day | wage-day |
| peanut | monkey-nut |
| pie (fruit) | tart |
| pitcher | jug |
| poorhouse | workhouse |
| post-paid | post-free |
| potpie | pie |
| prepaid | carriage-paid |
| press (printing) | machine |
| program (of a meeting) | agenda |
| proof-reader | corrector-of-the-press |
| public-school | board-school |
| quotation-marks | inverted-commas |
| railroad | railway |
| railroad-man | railway-servant |
| rails | line |
| rare (of meat) | underdone |
| receipts (in business) | takings |
| Rhine-wine | Hock |
| road-bed (railroad) | permanent-way |
| road-repairer | road-mender |
| roast | joint |
| roll-call | division |
| rooster | cock |
| round-trip-ticket | return -ticket |
| rutabaga | mangel-wurzel |
| saleswoman | shop-assistant |
| saloon | public-house |
| scarf-pin | tie-pin |
| scow | lighter |
| sewer | drain |
| shirtwaist | blouse |
| shoe | boot |
| shoemaker | bootmaker |
| shoestring | bootlace |
| shoe-tree | boot-form |
| sick | ill |
| sidewalk | pavement |
| silver (collectively) | plate |
| sled | sledge |
| sleigh | sledge |
| soft-drinks | minerals |
| spigot | tap |