jack [old slang] money.
jalopy [slang] an old, ramshackle automobile.
Jefferson, Thomas (1743–1826), American statesman, third president of the United States (1801–1809), drew up the Declaration of Independence.
Jehovites members of a proselytizing Christian sect founded by Charles T. Russell (1852–1916).
jimson weed a poisonous annual weed.
kerosene lamps lamps that burn kerosene, a thin oil distilled from petroleum or shale oil.
lemon [slang] something, especially a manufactured article, that is defective or imperfect.
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich (1870–1924), Russian leader of the Communist revolution of 1917, premier of the U.S.S.R. (1917–1924).
levee an embankment built alongside a river to prevent high water from flooding bordering land.
lifer [slang] a person sentenced to imprisonment for life.
lodge a local chapter of a fraternal organization.
lynchin' to murder (an accused person) by mob action and without lawful trial, as by hanging.
