WorksheetsLong Way from Chicago Vocab
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
an outhouse
privy
cob house
peddlers
lippy
freelance or part-time journalist
peddler
stringer
reprobate
philanthropist
misaligned, broken, missing or otherwise damaged teeth
chiggers
lippy
snaggletoothed
titter
a disreputable or immoral person
reprobate
pauper
culprit
peddler
a small, flimsy structure, built out clay or wood
cob house
slum
jurisdiction
pilfering
a person who goes from place to place selling small items
pauper
peddler
bellowed
settee
showing no respect in the way that you talk to someone
lippy
bellowed
stringer
ransack
a person who gives money or gifts to charities, or helps needy people in other ways.
peddler
pauper
culprit
philanthropist
a very poor person
britches
slum
pauper
culprit
emitting a deep loud roar, typically in pain or anger
bellowing
pilfering
ransack
titter
the area over which legal authority extends
jurisdiction
slum
proprietor
britches
An area marked by run-down housing, poverty, and social disorganization.
ransack
jurisdiction
slum
chiggers
a long upholstered seat for more than one person, typically with a back and arms
settee
britches
cob house
titter
stealing
britches
pilfering
bellowed
chiggers
a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed
culprit
pauper
ransack
settee
go hurriedly through (a place) stealing things and causing damage
ransack
peddler
reprobate
slum
short pants fastened just below the knee
britches
chiggers
pilfering
jurisdiction
A small insect that feeds upon vertebrates, such as humans
chiggers
britches
lippy
snaggletoothed
a short, high-pitched nervous laughter
titter
ransack
pilfering
bellowed
the owner of a business establishment
proprietor
pauper
culprit
philanthropist
