bobs knobs, or small polished wheels of solid felt or leather with rounded edges.
Bohemie Ántonia is trying to pronounce Bohemia, the American name for her country. The Bohemian word for Bohemia is Bohèma.
horse sense [Informal] common sense.
make up a purse take up a collection.
Mamenka Cather may have misspelled the familiar Bohemian word for mama, which is maminka.
pommel the rounded, upward-projecting front part of a saddle.
quinsy former term for tonsillitis, inflammation of the tonsils.
