GLOSSARY of Mice and Men

GLOSSARY – Of Mice and Men

A Glossary is provided below of various colloquial terms. The words are presented in the order in which they appear:

’coons’ - racoons split-wedge - a crack or tear which is triangular in shape. jungle-up - a camp for tramps who spend the night in just about any place. bucking grain bags - carrying bags of grain bindle - a bundle binding all the necessary things with a cloth or blanket cat-house - whore house foundin’ their tail - working really hard blowen’ in our jack - spending or wasting all our money.

Burcap - a coarse canvas for wall coverings etc. pants rabbits - fleas swamper - a cleaner grey-backs - ice gimme my time - give me my salary tick - mattress cover. stable buck - the black man in charge of the stable brang - brought little skinner - a driver of a small mule team rassel grain-bags - load bags of grain flapper - mouth she got the eye - eyeing men, a flirt two bits - a quarter whing-ding - an expression meaning approval enchre - a card game played by two people roll up a stake - save up money looloo - a loose woman hoosegow - prison yella as a frog belly - cowardly welter - welterweight, a category in boxing bootry hatch - lunatic asylum baloney - deceptive talk; nonsense doped out - thought out jack you outa the sewer - keep you out of trouble fambly - family