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Shane Western Terms
Western Terms found in the novel Shane
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |