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Book II: The Hired Girls: Chapters VIII–X

brood-sow  a sow kept for breeding.

elder  any of a group of shrubs and small trees of the honeysuckle family, with compound leaves and flat-topped clusters of small white flowers followed by red or purple berries.

fancy-work  needlework, tailoring, stitchery.

parasol  a lightweight umbrella carried by women as a sunshade.

dray  a low, sturdily built cart with detachable sides, for carrying heavy loads.

pavilion  a large tent, usually with a peaked top.

plough  a farm implement used to cut, turn up, and break up the soil.

Progressive Euchre Club  a club for playing euchre, a card game basically for two, three, or four players, played with thirty-two cards (sevens up through aces), five cards being dealt to each player.

reaper  a machine for cutting grain.

steer  a castrated male ox, especially one raised for beef.


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