The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Dialect Terms
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JOHNROCKZ10 on September 8, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 skylarking | playing noisily or boisterously |
| citified | having or pretending to have the style and sophistication of someone from the city |
| whit | an iota; the least little bit |
| sagacity | wisdom |
| glowering | staring angrily |
| vexed | irritated or annoyed; angry |
| adamantine | firm; with the lister and hardness of a diamond |
| derision | scorn; jeering laughter; ridicule |
| natty | neat; trim; smart-looking |
| alacricy | happy; joyful; also speed |
| bully | really good |
| taw | a shooter marble |
| white alley | a marble made of alabaster |
| lick | beat up; whip |
| druther | rather |
| dander | anger |
| hooked | stole; swiped; took without permission |
| spectacles | glasses |
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