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29 Cards in this Set
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around the Horn
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around Cape Horn on the southern tip of South America
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stowaways
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a person who hides aboard a ship, airplane,etc. to get free passage (p.3)
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clamoring
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demanding loudly (p.3)
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California fever
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the desire to go to California to find gold (p.3)
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heady
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reckless and forceful wind (p.3)
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slake
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to relieve or satisfy with water or liquid;quench (p.5)
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impression
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idea (p.5)
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accommodations
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a room; place to stay; lodgings (p.5)
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dire accounts
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terrible reports (p.6)
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lurch
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a sudden roll of a ship to one side (p.6)
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Old Scratch
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the Devil (p.6 & 156)
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carpetbags
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a traveling bag or suitcase made out of carpeting (p.6)
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grape cuttings
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a section of a grape plant or vine that has been cut and can be replanted to start a new plant (p.6)
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lanky
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tall and thin (p.7)
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dandies
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a man who pays too much attention to his clothes (p.7)
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pantaloons
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long, tight pants (p.7)
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frock-coated
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wearing a man's double breasted dress coat with a full skirt reaching to the knees in both the front and in back (p.8)
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oilskins
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a garment or outfit made from cloth treated with oil to make it waterproof (p.8)
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fury
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violent anger; wild rage (p.10)
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mere jib of a boy
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a young boy (p.11)
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defraud
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cheat (p.11)
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plague
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a contagious disease (p.11)
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Argonauts
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a person who went to hunt for gold in California in 1848-49 (p.12)
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cholera
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an intestinal disease marked by severe vomiting and diarrhea (p.12)
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pooling savings
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combining or putting their money together (p.13)
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tarnation
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an expression of anger or annoyance (p.14)
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berth
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job (p.15)
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imposed
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placed; set (p.16)
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cut purse
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thief; robber (p.16)
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