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My Brother Sam Is Dead Vocabulary
These are words used throughout the book. Do you know what they mean?
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| ciphering | doing aithmetic problems |
| cholera | severe illness |
| leggings | cold weather trosers |
| hundredweight | a hundred pounds |
| loft | attic |
| Papist | roman Catholic |
| prison ship | ship used as a prison |
| sloth | extreme laziness |
| taproom | place for drinking alcohol |
| thatch | straw and reeds used for a roof |
| trainband | a military grop |
| shilling | British money |
| breeches | trousers |
| seining | fishing with a net |
| hardtack | bread eaten by the patriot soldiers |
| drover | cattle driver |
| forage | to find food |
| pallet | bed(usually made of straw) |
| skirmish | small battle |
| apprentice | person learning a trade |
| Johnny Cake | pancake |
| petition | ask |
| psalms | hymns |
| thrash | beat up |
| cordial | friendly,welcome |
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