Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-24 | Page 3 | President Gives 'Chiseler' Dignity of Accepted Word

President Gives Chiseler Dignity Of Accepted Word NEW YORK Oct 24 P sP JP-Be- Because Be- Be cause President Ro Roosevelt used it itin in inan an address last night the word chiseler cler applied to one who cheats is no longer slang Frank H. H lexicographer declared de de- Glared today Several times in the course of two paragraphs the president spoke of chiselers meaning those who shirked in the governments government's governments government's govern govern- ments ment's recovery drive President Roosevelt's use of the word automatically elevates elevate it from the status status of slang to colloquialism said It is to be expected that consequently consequently con con- chiseler will find its way into good English When a man of such station stations as the president of the United States employs a slang phrase he clothes it Yi with dignity