| Term | Definition |
|---|
| a coffin | a long box in which a dead person is buried or burnt |
| flannel | a light cloth usually made from wool, used especially for making clothes |
| a nightshirt | a comfortable piece of clothing like a loose skirt worn by a man or a boy in bed |
| to travel off | to travel 'away' |
| innocent | not guilty of a particular crime, or having no knowledge of the unpleasant and evil things in life, or (of a thing) not intended to harm anyone |
| toothless | without teeth |
| to trail | move slowly along the ground or through the air or water, after someone or something |
| cruel | extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally |
| enjoyment | feeling of pleasure |
| randy | full of sexual desire |
| mini-skirted | wearing a very short skirt |
| milkmaid | a girl or woman employed to milk cows |
| to frolic | to behave in a happy and playful way |
| a cuckoo | a grey bird with a two-note call that sounds similar to its name, which puts its eggs in other birds' nests |
| teens | the period in which someone is aged between 13 and 19 |
| algebra | a part of mathematics in which signs and letters represent numbers |
| a sausage | a thin tube-like case containing meat which has been cut into very small pieces and mixed with spices |
| to puff | to smoke tobacco |
| a bowler hat | the kind of hat an English gentleman is supposed to wear |
| clover | small plant with three leaves |
| employment | job |
| to wonder | to ask yourself questions or express a wish to know about something |
| to put paid to | to stop, to make an end to |
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