| Term | Definition |
|---|
| bindle | a bed roll and/or pack or personal belongings |
| jack | money |
| graybacks | lice |
| buck | a man |
| buckler | those who move or load heavy objects (like sacks of grain) |
| skinner | a driver of a draft team of animals |
| tart | prostitute |
| mules | shoes or slippers |
| found | free food and lodgings in addition to wages |
| hoosegow | jail |
| hame | part of the collar for a draft animal |
| booby hatch | insane asylum |
| floozy | cheap, immoral woman |
| snooker | a variation of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of assorted colors |
| mollify | to pacify or soften in feeling or temper |
| scud | to run or move quickly or hurriedly |
| console | to allieviate or lessen the grief |
| scornful | derisive; contemptuous |
| scuttle | to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry |
| ominous | portending evil or harm; foreboding |
| imperiously | dictatorially; overbearingly |
| writhe | to twist about or squirm as in pain |
| earnestly | effort made with sincere zeal |
| brindled | gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots |
| crestfallen | dejected; dispirited; discouraged |
| brusque | abrupt in manner; blunt; rough |
| belligerent | aggressively hostile; warlike |
| contemptuous | disdainful; supercilious; haughty |
| profound | having deep insight or understanding |
| scourge | to punish, chastise, or criticize severely |
| mottle | to mark or diversify with spots or blotches or color |
| contorted | twisted in a violent manner; distorted |
| disarming | removing or capable of removing hostility or suspicion |
| wryly | bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome; belligerent; combative |
| morosely | gloomily or sullenly ill-humored |
| dutiful | duteous |
| indignation | strong feeling of unjust or insulting actions |
| derogatory | belittling, uncomplimentary |
| tick | mattress |
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