mallet a long-handled hammer with a cylindrical wooden head, used in playing croquet.
Marx, Karl (Heinrich) (1818–1883), German social philosopher and economist, in London after 1850, founder of modern socialism.
McAlester State Penitentiary near McAlester, Oklahoma.
meerschaum a soft, claylike, heat-resistant mineral used for tobacco pipes.
meetin' an assembly or place of assembly for worship.
migrant a farm laborer who moves from place to place to harvest seasonal crops.
Mother Hubbard a full loose gown for women.
muslin any of various strong, often sheer cotton cloths of plain weave; especially, a heavy variety used for sheets, pillowcases, and so on.
nestin' to place or settle; in or as in a nest.
newsreel a short motion picture of recent news events, shown as part of the program in motion picture theaters.
oat beard a hairy outgrowth on the head of certain grains and grasses.
Okie a migratory agricultural worker, forced to migrate from Oklahoma or other areas of the Great Plains because of drought and farm foreclosure in the 1930s.
"on-relief" aid in the form of goods or money given, as by a government agency, to persons unable to support themselves.
