Care home
A place where orphaned or mistreated children are taken in to be looked after
Depression
An economic downturn; the 1930s Great Depression was a worldwide epidemic
Ingratitude
The failure to recognize someone else's efforts
Bragging
Boasting
Doggone
used to express feelings of annoyance, surprise, or pleasure.
Trade
To swap
Locomotive
a powered railway vehicle used for pulling trains
sully
to dirty, mar, ruin something
commence
to begin
blubbery
teary and whiny
coldcocked
knocked unconscious
stricken
overwhelmed by something such as grief, fear, etc.
chunked
hit
twine
string
slew
a great deal of
ventriloquists
people who use dummies and pretend to make them talk, usually in a stage act
knickers
undergarments
scram
slang term for getting out of a place quickly
rassle
slang term for wrestling
snaggletooth
a broken or projecting tooth
