| A | B |
|---|
| Prohibition | forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages |
| apt | exactly suitable; appropriate |
| reprobate | a morally unprincipled person |
| philanthropist | lover of humankind, charitable |
| sawhorse | a frame with legs, used to support pieces of wood |
| codger | a somewhat eccentric man, old man |
| loll | to move, stand, or recline in a relaxed manner |
| riveted | to engross or hold (attention) |
| smithereens | fragments or splintered pieces |
| waft | to cause to go gently through the air or water |
| galoot | a person, clumsy or uncouth |
| eaves | the projecting overhand at the lower edge of a roof |
| woozy | dazed and confused |
| settee | a long wood bench or sofa |
| maw | slang for mother |
| depot | a railroad or bus station |
| pilfer | to steal |
| ransack | to search or examine thoroughly |
| strop | a strap, or rope, used for sharpening a razor |
| lamented | to express grief for or about; mourn |
