Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Glossary

by August Wilson

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Glossary

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Written by Tasha Roy

Challis

Soft fabric, rayon

Melancholy

Sadness, despodency

Wagered

Gambled

Clemency

Benignity, mercy

Aggrandizement

Making something greater

Vouchsafed

Granted, awarded

Enseamed

Covered with grease

Gambol

Spring, frolick, jump

Knavery

Roguish, rascality

Clambering

Ascending, mounting

Abhorrence

Extreme disgust

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