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1. losel<\/strong> \u2014 wastrel, scoundrel, profligate<\/p>\n

You say you pity him, that sad <\/em>losel in his cups, but you would not give him a pfennig of concern if you knew the families he has ruined, the wealth he has squandered, and the love he has scorned.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. patten<\/strong> \u2014 overshoe of wood or metal once worn to elevate normal footwear above mud etc.<\/p>\n

I do hope the council will ban the wearing of <\/em>pattens within the church, as the sound of the metal footsteps upon the stone is not conducive to thoughts of the holy.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. runagate<\/strong> \u2014 runaway, fugitive, deserter; vagabond<\/p>\n

While pursuing the <\/em>runagate my horse shied from a snake, throwing me off and allowing the desperado to make his escape once again.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. shellback<\/strong> \u2014 experienced sailor<\/p>\n

The old <\/em>shellback looked out of place in this waterless expanse, still affecting a rolling gait as if to counter the motion of waves which he would never again feel.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. gonfanon<\/strong> \u2014 gonfalon suspended from the head of a lance<\/p>\n

The saint’s banner was fastened to the top of Sir Michael’s lance in the manner of a <\/em>gonfanon, and we all knelt down to pray before it, asking for victory in the forthcoming battle.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. grangerize<\/strong> \u2014 to add illustrations to a book from other sources<\/p>\n

One can look upon <\/em>grangerized volumes as early examples of scrapbooking, if sticking pictures snipped from other sources into another book can be thus labeled.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. antiscorbutic<\/strong> \u2014 agent useful against scurvy<\/p>\n

Citrus fruit was known as a powerful <\/em>antiscorbutic even as early as the first decades of the Age of Exploration in the 16th Century.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. diminuendo<\/strong> \u2014 gradually decreasing in loudness<\/p>\n

The colonel\u2019s voice now came <\/em>diminuendo from the speaker, though whether from his movement away from the microphone or from some interference with the radio signal we did not know.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. chapfallen<\/strong> \u2014 dejected, dispirited<\/p>\n

Smuts looked the chapfallen <\/em>youth in the eye and said, “You’ve got to go right back in there and face them, and get through the next hour, and then the hour after that.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. bibliopole<\/strong> \u2014 bookseller<\/p>\n

Prinnie was a most sagacious <\/em>bibliopole, knowing better than to express either interest or disdain at first sight of a newly presented tome.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(British)<\/p>\n

give gyp<\/strong> \u2014 to cause pain<\/p>\n

You need better shoes, now that you’re working and standing on your feet all day; that’s why your back has been <\/em>giving you gyp, but a good pair of shoes would fix you right up.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. losel \u2014 wastrel, scoundrel, profligate You say you pity him, that sad losel in his cups, but you would not give him a pfennig of concern if you knew the families he has ruined, the wealth he has squandered, and the love he has scorned.   2. patten \u2014 overshoe of wood or metal … <\/p>\n

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