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Bud, Not Buddy 4-8
Chapters 4-8 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |