3,424 Matching Annotations
  1. Feb 2017
    1. hang around

      spend time in

    2. belongs

      should be

    3. lay offa me

      lay off of me = stop giving me problems

    4. ast

      asked

    5. elbow

    6. hung close

      stayed close

    7. shouldn’t ought to of

      should not

    8. ought

      should

    9. delight

      being happy

    10. grinning

      smiling a big smile

    11. nodded

      move their heads up and down to say yes

    12. outta

      out of

    13. scram

      leave

    14. stake

      saved money

    15. li’ble to can us

      liable = probably can us = fire us (tell us to leave the job, stop working)

    16. approaching

      coming closer

    17. Christ

      Jesus (like God)

    18. pup

      baby dog

    19. coal

    20. stove

    21. buck barley

      moving the heavy bags of this:

    22. stove

    23. Right squack

      Exactly

    24. gon’ta

      going to

    25. broke in

      interrupted

    26. grass

    27. her

      her = the land

    28. sling some grain

      move the heavy bags of this:

    29. her

      her = the land

    30. her

      her = the land

    31. nodded

      moved his head to say yes

    32. They’d

      they would

    33. nibble

      eat a little bit with teeth

    34. nibble

      eat a little bit with teeth

    35. cages

      place for rabbits to live

    36. sack

      bag

    37. sack

      bag

    38. patch

      area of plants

    39. alfalfa

    40. eagerly

      excited

    41. crop

      growing any type of food

    42. crop

      growing any type of food

    43. begged

      ask for something very very strongly "please please"

    44. bunk house

      house with beds like this )

    45. Jap

      Japanese (but "Jap" is a bad word to say) -- in this time in history there were some Japanese workers cooking on farms

    46. whisky

      type of alcohol

    47. whisky

      alcohol

    48. live offa the fatta the lan

      live off of the fat of the land (survive from the extra things from the land)

    49. fatta the lan’

      fat of the land (the extra things from the land)

    50. wide

      eyes wide = eyes open big

    51. wide

      eyes open big

    52. spoon

    53. knife

    54. got to

      need to

    55. thick

      fat

    56. cream

    57. goat

    58. can

      put in cans

    59. salmon

      type of fish

    60. salmon

      type of fish

    61. sausage

    62. smoke the bacon and the hams

      cook the meat with smoke

    63. smoke house

      small house for cooking meat

    64. pigs

      these animals

    65. pig pen

      area for pigs to live in

    66. warmer

      less cold (more friendly with emotion)

    67. rabbits

    68. rabbits

    69. rabbits

    70. rabbits

    71. alfalfa

    72. hutches

      rabbit houses

    73. flood

      too much water everywhere

    74. berries

    75. nuts

    76. cots

      apricots:

    77. peaches

    78. cherries

    79. orchard

      area with many trees

    80. chicken run

      area for chickens

    81. shack

      small cheap house

    82. win’mill

    83. acres

      area of land (size -- like feet or meters)

    84. cheap

      not a lot of money

    85. stake

      saved money

    86. gotta

      got to (need to)

    87. drummed

      hit in rhythm

    88. tart

      woman who acts sexy to get attention

    89. on account of

      because of

    90. San Quentin

      famous jail / prison

    91. diamonds

    92. piled

      put on top

    93. scoring rack

      place to show the points

    94. scoring board

      place to show the points

    95. ace

    96. hot cakes

    97. grammar school?

      school with grades k-6

    98. admiringly

      respecting

    99. followed

      went after

    100. hoosegow

      prison / jail

    101. trigger

      this part of the gun (means something bad is easy to happen)

    102. trigger

      this part of the gun (means something bad is easy to happen)

    103. set him back

      cost

    104. gonna

      going to

    105. messes

      problems

    106. outta

      out of

    107. whore house

      place where women sell sex

    108. sighed

      make a sound like air coming out of your mouth, to show you are frustrated or tired

    109. can

    110. face

      face card = card with face on it (J, Q, K)

    111. thoughtful

      thinking a lot

    112. deliberate

      focused, planned, careful

    113. laid

      put down

    114. shuffled

      moved them fast to change the order to random order

    115. shuffled

      moved them fast to change the order to random order

    116. pup

      baby dog

    117. pet

      touch again and again in a nice soft way

    118. pettin

      petting = touching again and again in a nice soft way

    119. coulda

      could have

    120. pups

      baby dogs

    121. cautiously

      carefully

    122. bunk

      bed

    123. make a stake

      save a lot of money

    124. mixed up

      involved, connected to

    125. fuss

      worry or complain or argue

    126. clippings

      piece of newspaper cut out to save

    127. Golden Gloves

      famous competition for fighting

    128. handy

      good at fighting

    129. handy

      good at fighting

    130. spoilin

      spoiling = wanting to fight

    131. banged

      made a loud sound when the door closed

    132. ago’d

      how much time ago (in the past) did he go

    133. squared

      changed to square shape

    134. dropped

      went down

    135. shoulders

    136. shoulder

    137. shoulders

    138. split

      divided in two (broken)

    139. hoof

    140. hoof

    141. tar

    142. tar

    143. tar

    144. gonna

      going to

    145. stick aroun

      stick around = stay in this area

    146. threateningly

      to show he might do something bad to hurt

    147. demanded

      ask in a rude way that says you NEED it NOW

    148. burst

      exploded

    149. sarcastically

      ironic -- saying the opposite of what you mean

    150. old lady

      wife

    151. barrel

      front part of the gun

    152. squinted

      make eyes skinny, like you can't see, don't believe, or don't understand. like this:

    153. ejector

      part of the gun

    154. rod

      tool to clean a gun

    155. cleaning rod

      tool to clean a gun

    156. barrel

      front part of the gun

    157. fell to

      started to

    158. chamber

      part of the gun where the bullet waits

    159. shell

      bullet

    160. loaded

      ready to shoot the gun

    161. snapped

      sharp fast sound like this

    162. snapped

      sharp fast sound like this

    163. snapping

      sharp fast sound like this

    164. magazine

      part of the gun

    165. pistol

      gun

    166. laid

      put down

    167. can of oil

    168. bunk

      bed

    169. bunk

      bed

    170. crept

      creep (past) -- to move slowly almost like a secret

    171. a shot

      small glass of alcohol

    172. a shot

      small glass of alcohol

    173. neither

      also not that

    174. goo-goos

      person who talks about politics (this is an old word that nobody uses today)

    175. crack no jokes

      make jokes

    176. a crack

      for one time (for sex)

    177. kewpie doll lamp

      light like this with the toy baby:

    178. walkin’ bow-legged

      walking with legs separate like this (because they got a sexually transmitted disease):

    179. gettin’ burned

      getting something bad

    180. kewpie doll lamp

      light like this with the toy baby:

    181. kewpie doll lamp

      light like this with the toy baby:

    182. whisky

      type of alcohol

    183. running a parlor house

      having a business in a house that is for prostitutes (women who sell sex) -- it also has a nice place to sit and relax in the front area

    184. phonograph

      old music player

    185. rag rug

      carpet made from old clothes, like this:

    186. crackin’ jokes

      making jokes

    187. joint

      place

    188. flop

      place to sleep for one night

    189. kickin’ ’em out

      telling them to leave

    190. rushin

      making you go fast

    191. don’t give a damn

      does not care

    192. shots

      small glass of alcohol

    193. flop

      place to sleep for one night

    194. two bits

      25 cents ($0.25)

    195. What’s it set you back

      how much does it cost

    196. neither

      also not true