By The Great Horn Spoon - Chapter 8

Front 1

hawkers

Back 1

a peddler (p.83)

Front 2

horn spoons

Back 2

a spoon carved from an ox that was in common use during the gold rush (p.83)

Front 3

serapes

Back 3

a woolen blanket, often brightly colored, used as an outer garment (p.83)

Front 4

mule skinners

Back 4

a person who drives a team of mules (p.83)

Front 5

jackboots

Back 5

a heavy boot of stiff leather from the ankle to the knee (p.83)

Front 6

sand dredger

Back 6

a machine that scoops or sucks up sand to clear the channels or harbors (p.83)

Front 7

Panama

Back 7

a country in Central America (p.83)

Front 8

cheroots

Back 8

a cigar with both ends cut off (p.84)

Front 9

calomel pills

Back 9

pills made of white, tasteless powder used as a laxative or for intestinal worms (p.84)

Front 10

castor oil

Back 10

a colorless or yellowish oil from castor beans used as a laxative (p.84)

Front 11

mutton

Back 11

the meat from a sheep (p.84)

Front 12

lure

Back 12

the power of attracting or tempting (p.86)

Front 13

staves

Back 13

a thin, shaped strip of wood (p.86)

Front 14

chestnut

Back 14

reddish-brown hair (p.86)

Front 15

ruination

Back 15

an expression that shows one is ruined or destroyed (p.86)

Front 16

calico

Back 16

a cotton cloth (p.87)

Front 17

China matting

Back 17

a fabric made of woven grass and straw used as a floor covering and made in China(p.87)

Front 18

ragamuffin

Back 18

a dirty, ragged person or child (p.88)

Front 19

ambled

Back 19

walk without any hurry or urgency (p.88)

Front 20

typhoon

Back 20

a violent windstorm with whirling movements in the westrn Pacific Ocean (p.89)

Front 21

fiancee

Back 21

a person to whom one is engaged to marry (p.90)

Front 22

Cheap Johns

Back 22

a person whose work is selling things at an auction (p.91)

Front 23

obliged

Back 23

to owe someone in kindness or favor (p.92)

Front 24

lunatic

Back 24

a crazy person (p.92)

Front 25

shorn locks

Back 25

locks or strands of hair that have been cut off (p.92)

Front 26

Hangtown

Back 26

the name of the real ming camp during the Gold Rush (p.93)

Front 27

buckskin

Back 27

a soft, yellowish gray leather made from the skins of deer or sheep (p.94)

Front 28

residue

Back 28

that which is left over after part is taken away; remainder (p.94)