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12 Cards in this Set
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Baby buggy
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a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
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rigidness
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the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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burlap bag
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a bag made of burlap (a coarse fabric)
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ragamuffin
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a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
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dumbwaiter
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a small elevator in a building used to convey food/or trash from one floor to another.
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tenement district
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a residential district (i.e. Brooklyn 1900) where housing was cheap
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soda water
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effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide
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eld
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old, from the past
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seep
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pass gradually or leak through
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brownstone
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a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings
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straggle
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wander from direct or straight course
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bonanza
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an event that creates an increase in wealth
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