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Bud, Not Buddy 4-8
Chapters 4-8 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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lam | run |
telegraph | system of sending messages along a wire |
midget | unusually small |
mission | shelter or place for free food |
upside | upward movement |
pout | look annoyed |
retrieve | reclaim |
matrimonial | marriage |
hoodlum | thug |
whiff | an act of sniffing or inhaling |
tetters | skin disease that causes itching |
britches | trousers or pants |
gait | manner of moving on foot |
radiating | spread happiness or joy |
wiry | lean, but strong |
Hooverville | a shantytown, or a cardboard jungle, where homeless people gathered to stay together - named after President Hoover |