| A | B |
|---|
| lam | sudden hurried flight from the law |
| telegraph | a device for sending messages by code over wires |
| strap | a strip of leather for whipping |
| upside | on the positive side |
| whiff | to breathe in an order |
| valve | hollow tube used to adjust the flow of something |
| matrimonial | having to do with marriage |
| radiating | spreading out from the center |
| gait | manner of moving on foot |
| mission | task or job assigned |
| hoodlum | thug-ruffian-punk |
| wiry | slender yet muscular |
| Hooverville | named after President Hoover- a place where poor and homeless people gathered to live |
| cellar | basement |
| bustling | to come crashing in |
| britches | short pants at or below the knee |
| smack | to make or give a sharp slap |
