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1. hustle-cap<\/strong> \u2014 old penny pitching game where coins are shaken in a cap <\/p>\n

In the colonial days of Pennsylvania there is even one report of a deadlocked jury determining their verdict by playing a quick game of <\/em>hustle-cap.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2. tomelet<\/strong> \u2014 small tome<\/p>\n

The new (1929) <\/em>tomelet from the World’s Classics Library containing the finally completed 1894 translations of The Apocrypha provides a handsome and inexpensive addition to any home religious library.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. levin<\/strong> \u2014 [archaic<\/em>] lightning, bright flash of light<\/p>\n

Beneath the accusing <\/em>levin-bolt of his stare Jenks could hardly stand, and near fell to the floor.<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. paillette<\/strong> \u2014 sequins<\/p>\n

The <\/em>paillettes on the shoulders of her drum majorette outfit were suspiciously worn.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5. folletto<\/strong> \u2014 imp, fairy<\/p>\n

All the girls at the school were convinced that Catarina’s father\u2014who everyone knew was a magician\u2014had bound a <\/em>folletto to brush his daughter’s hair each night, and that was the reason that her tresses were always so gorgeously smooth.<\/em><\/p>\n

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6. didicoy<\/strong> \u2014 gypsy, esp. non-Romani traveler<\/p>\n

When Ellen found her best skirt gone from the clothesline, she immediately suspected the <\/em>didicoys that had moved into the abandoned barn on the other side of the stream.<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. angiography<\/strong> \u2014 x-ray of blood or lymph vessels using radiopaque stuff<\/p>\n

We’ll use <\/em>angiography to confirm the suspected intracranial aneurysm.<\/em><\/p>\n

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8. oik<\/strong> \u2014 [UK slang<\/em>] oaf; lower class person<\/p>\n

We thought the plumbers were a bunch of <\/em>oiks until we caught them arguing Wittgenstein versus Derrida one afternoon at their lunchtime.<\/em><\/p>\n

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9. theriomorphic<\/strong> \u2014 of animal or beastly form<\/p>\n

Several theories have emerged to explain the preponderance of <\/em>theriomorphic deities in the pantheon of Ancient Egypt, none of which are entirely satisfactory.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. derp<\/strong> \u2014 [slang<\/em>] expressing notice of foolish act<\/p>\n

“Welp, I just dropped the keys over the side of the canoe, <\/em>derp.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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11. crwth<\/strong> (also crowd<\/strong>) \u2014 bowed instrument on rectangular frame employed by ancient Celts<\/p>\n

Though our sources assure us that the <\/em>crwth was once much used by the ancient bards, only two historical exemplars now exist.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bonus Vocabulary<\/h4>\n

(1920s U.S. criminal slang)<\/p>\n

Baumes rush<\/strong> \u2014 to leave the state of New York to avoid a third conviction, which under a state law sponsored by Caleb Baumes would lead to life imprisonment<\/p>\n

<\/em>Baumes rush had brought him out to Los Angeles to start working on a new hat trick of crimes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. hustle-cap \u2014 old penny pitching game where coins are shaken in a cap In the colonial days of Pennsylvania there is even one report of a deadlocked jury determining their verdict by playing a quick game of hustle-cap.   2. tomelet \u2014 small tome The new (1929) tomelet from the World’s Classics Library containing … <\/p>\n

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