palavering talking or idly chattering.
peart pert, lively, chipper, or smart.
Pilgrim's Progress a religious allegory by John Bunyan (1678).
plug er dog-leg a plug of cheap chewing tobacco.
polly-voo franzy parlez-vous Francais, "Do you speak French?"
pow-wow to confer, to have an intense discussion; originally from a North American Indian word.
predestination the theological doctrine that God foreordained everything that would happen.
puncheon floor floor made of a heavy, broad piece of roughly dressed timber with one side hewed flat.
pungle to pay.
put in her shovel offered an opinion.
the quality word used by the South to describe aristocracy,
reticule a small handbag or sewing bag, orginally made of needlework and usually having a drawstring.
