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Shane Western Terms
Western Terms found in the novel Shane
Question | Answer |
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lean-to | slope-roofed structure |
flapjacks/flannel cakes | pancakes |
tussle | struggle |
millinery | hat fashion |
frippery | gaudy clothes |
cultivator | soil-breaking implement |
tariff | price |
tinhorn | pretentious, ignorent person |
hone | tool-sharpening stone |
whistle stop | small town |
taproot | main root |
bole | tree trunk |
bantering | playful teasing |
joshing | teasing |
cowpuncher | cowboy |
homesteader | sttler of U.S land granted as a farm |
mule-skinner | driver of mules |
fodder | cattle food |
lawing | legal buissness |
drummmer | traveling salesman |
dude:dandy | man who give a lot of attention to his dress |
nester | settler |
foreman | chief-worker |
ante | gambleing stake |
pommel | projection at the front of a saddle |
curry | brush |
fidget | move nervously |
wrangle | fight noisily |
rowel | spur |
sicced | sent to attack |
badgered | nagged |
spruce | neat and trimmed |
fiddle footed | wandering |
rollicking | carefree |