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Porter
"The situation - the coat, the puked porter, the absent leg..." (Doyle 6)
noun - a heavy, dark-brown ale made with malt browned by drying at a high temperature.
Rosary
"The rosary was whipped back into life." (Doyle 119)
noun - series of prayers used by the Roman Catholic Church
Banister
"Banisters that shook when held.." (Doyle 10)
noun - railing of staircase
Paraffin
"A paraffin lamp and a brand new bar of Sunlight soap." (Doyle 14)
noun - a white solid substance used in candles
Guff
"Anymore guff out of you and I'll fling you out the window." (Doyle 22)
noun - empty or foolish talk; nonsense.
Dole
"She still fed me, held me, doled on me." (Doyle 34)
verb - to distribute in charity
Vim
"He went at his work with new enthusiasm and vim." (Doyle 38)
noun - lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
Floozy
"A leader, a genius and a floozy." (Doyle 44)
noun - a gaudily dressed, usually immoral woman, esp. a prostitute.
Hawker
"Out under the horses and the wheels I went, through the puddles and hawkers." (Doyle 46)
noun - person who offers goods for sale by shouting his or her wares in the street; peddler.
Street Arab
"I was there, at home, an instant street arab, welcome and ignored." (Doyle 47)
noun - a person, esp. a child, who lives a homeless, vagabond life on the streets; urchin.
Belladonna
"He was so overpowered by her magnificence, by the eyes made huge by belladonna." (Doyle 51)
noun - a drug from the leaves and root of belladonna plant, called so because of fair ladies using it to dilate pupils
Bunting
"Flags and bunting flapped above him, lots of red, white and blue, some green and gold." (Doyle 52)
noun - patriotic and festive decorations made from such cloth, or from paper, usually in the form of draperies, wide streamers, etc., in the colors of the national flag.
Fenian
"Was I a tiny Fenian?" (Doyle 54)
noun - member of an Irish revolutionary organization founded in New York in 1858, which worked for the establishment of an independent Irish republic.
Clout
"I could smell the water, as hard and cold on my nose as a clout from a dead man." (Doyle 59)
noun - a blow, esp. with the hand; cuff
Stevedore
"'Just go up to the stevedore and tell him Piano Annie sent you'" (Doyle 153)
noun - a firm or individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel.
Bullock
"I slit one bullock's throat when it was still running and me running under it." (Doyle 70)
noun - a young bull
Teak
"He cut through the red teak like it was cake." (Doyle 90)
noun - hard, durable, resinous, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc.
Gelignite
"A can full of metal chunks and a generous knob of gelignite." (Doyle 102)
noun - explosive mixture composed of nitroglycerine, guncotton, wood pulp, and potassium nitrate.
Whop
"Then we heard a metal whop, and then another." (Doyle 129)
noun - sound made by a forcible blow
Adjutant
"His adjutant, Winnie Carney, took down his thoughts and orders." (Doyle 130)
noun - a staff officer who assists the commanding officer in issuing orders.
Rickets
"The same old buying and robbing, bare feet and sores, matchstick legs and rickets." (Doyle 145)
noun - a disease of childhood, characterized by softening of the bones as a result of inadequate intake of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight
Raring
"They watched the young lads arriving, shy but big, raring to burn energy, and they knew it: they were dead." (Doyle 154)
adj - full of eagerness and enthusiasm
Chaff
"...the chaff whirling around my face, for a second, just for a second stop, so I wouldn't faint and die." (Doyle 156-157)
noun - the husks and brittle particles of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing.
Phosphorite
"A day in the bowels of a boat full of phosphorite was a message from hell and the stevedore." (Doyle 157)
noun - a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
Tassels
"The wire mesh for a meat safe, the tassels off the border of a Persian rug... they all came home to Annie." (Doyle 160)
noun - A bunch of loose threads or cords bound at one end and hanging free at the other, used as an ornament on curtains or clothing, for example.