used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading “It would be downright disconcertin’,” agreed Bill Brown.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “Bottoms wore ez thin ez tissue paper, with all this durned drillin’.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “It would be downright disconcertin’,” agreed Bill Brown.
BottomsnounUS /ˈbɑːtəmz/
plural of “bottom” — the lower side of anything
From this reading “Bottoms wore ez thin ez tissue paper, with all this durned drillin’.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “It would be downright disconcertin’,” agreed Bill Brown.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
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made known or openly avowed
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
disconcertin
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From this reading “It would be downright disconcertin’,” agreed Bill Brown.
downrightadverbUS /ˈdaʊnraɪt/
thoroughgoing
From this reading “It would be downright disconcertin’,” agreed Bill Brown.
drap
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From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
drillin
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From this reading “Bottoms wore ez thin ez tissue paper, with all this durned drillin’.
durned
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From this reading “Bottoms wore ez thin ez tissue paper, with all this durned drillin’.
exposeverbUS /ɪkˈspoʊz/
expose or make accessible to some action or influence
From this reading “An’ take a peek at them mocc’sins,” went on Pete, lifting up a foot to expose the sole.
ez
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From this reading “Bottoms wore ez thin ez tissue paper, with all this durned drillin’.
start firing a weapon
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
flintnounUS /flɪnt/
a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
flintlocknounUS /ˈflɪntlɑːk/
a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
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the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading “An’ take a peek at them mocc’sins,” went on Pete, lifting up a foot to expose the sole.
Gotta
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From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
gripnounUS /ɡrɪp/
the act of grasping
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
gunsmithnoun
someone who makes or repairs guns
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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I'm
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From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
Injunnoun
(slang) offensive term for Native Americans
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
it'd
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From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
liftingverbUS /ˈlɪftɪŋ/
-ing form of “lift” — raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading “An’ take a peek at them mocc’sins,” went on Pete, lifting up a foot to expose the sole.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
engage in
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
mocc'sins
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From this reading “An’ take a peek at them mocc’sins,” went on Pete, lifting up a foot to expose the sole.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
nuff
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From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
ol
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From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
touching and supported by a surface
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orful
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a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading “Bottoms wore ez thin ez tissue paper, with all this durned drillin’.
peeknounUS /piːk/
a secret look
From this reading “An’ take a peek at them mocc’sins,” went on Pete, lifting up a foot to expose the sole.
Perkins
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From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
Pete
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From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
plagueyadjective
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
pullin
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From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
screwnounUS /skruː/
someone who guards prisoners
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
solenounUS /soʊl/
the underside of footwear or a golf club
From this reading “An’ take a peek at them mocc’sins,” went on Pete, lifting up a foot to expose the sole.
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
carry out
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ter
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From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “An’ take a peek at them mocc’sins,” went on Pete, lifting up a foot to expose the sole.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “Bottoms wore ez thin ez tissue paper, with all this durned drillin’.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
tissuenounUS /ˈtɪsjuː/
part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
From this reading “Bottoms wore ez thin ez tissue paper, with all this durned drillin’.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “An’ take a peek at them mocc’sins,” went on Pete, lifting up a foot to expose the sole.
triggerverbUS /ˈtrɪɡər/
put in motion or move to act
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “An’ take a peek at them mocc’sins,” went on Pete, lifting up a foot to expose the sole.
at the time that
From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Rock River Camp “Gotta have the gunsmith take a look at this ol’ piece o’ mine,” declared Pete Perkins, coming up with an ancient flintlock rifle on his shoulder.
won't
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From this reading “The plaguey screw won’t grip the flint hard ’nuff ter make it strike fire, an’ it’d be jest orful ter have my flint drap when I’m pullin’ trigger on a red Injun.”
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading “Bottoms wore ez thin ez tissue paper, with all this durned drillin’.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It would be downright disconcertin’,” agreed Bill Brown.
