hang around
spend time in
hang around
spend time in
belongs
should be
lay offa me
lay off of me = stop giving me problems
ast
asked
elbow

hung close
stayed close
shouldn’t ought to of
should not
ought
should
delight
being happy
grinning
smiling a big smile
nodded
move their heads up and down to say yes
outta
out of
scram
leave
stake
saved money
li’ble to can us
liable = probably can us = fire us (tell us to leave the job, stop working)
approaching
coming closer
Christ
Jesus (like God)
pup
baby dog
coal

stove

buck barley
moving the heavy bags of this: 
stove

Right squack
Exactly
gon’ta
going to
broke in
interrupted
grass

her
her = the land
sling some grain
move the heavy bags of this: 
her
her = the land
her
her = the land
nodded
moved his head to say yes
They’d
they would
nibble
eat a little bit with teeth
nibble
eat a little bit with teeth
cages
place for rabbits to live 
sack
bag
sack
bag
patch
area of plants
alfalfa

eagerly
excited
crop
growing any type of food 
crop
growing any type of food 
begged
ask for something very very strongly "please please"
bunk house
house with beds like this
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Jap
Japanese (but "Jap" is a bad word to say) -- in this time in history there were some Japanese workers cooking on farms
whisky
type of alcohol 
whisky
alcohol 
live offa the fatta the lan
live off of the fat of the land (survive from the extra things from the land)
fatta the lan’
fat of the land (the extra things from the land)
wide
eyes wide = eyes open big
wide
eyes open big
spoon
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knife

got to
need to
thick
fat
cream

goat
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can
put in cans 
salmon
type of fish
salmon
type of fish
sausage

smoke the bacon and the hams
cook the meat with smoke 
smoke house
small house for cooking meat
pigs
these animals 
pig pen
area for pigs to live in 
warmer
less cold (more friendly with emotion)
rabbits
rabbits
rabbits
rabbits
alfalfa

hutches
rabbit houses
flood
too much water everywhere
berries

nuts

cots
apricots: 
peaches

cherries

orchard
area with many trees
chicken run
area for chickens
shack
small cheap house 
win’mill

acres
area of land (size -- like feet or meters)
cheap
not a lot of money
stake
saved money
gotta
got to (need to)
drummed
hit in rhythm
tart
woman who acts sexy to get attention
on account of
because of
San Quentin
famous jail / prison
diamonds

piled
put on top
scoring rack
place to show the points 
scoring board
place to show the points 
ace

hot cakes

grammar school?
school with grades k-6
admiringly
respecting
followed
went after
hoosegow
prison / jail
trigger
this part of the gun (means something bad is easy to happen) 
trigger
this part of the gun (means something bad is easy to happen) 
set him back
cost
gonna
going to
messes
problems
outta
out of
whore house
place where women sell sex
sighed
make a sound like air coming out of your mouth, to show you are frustrated or tired 
can

face
face card = card with face on it (J, Q, K)
thoughtful
thinking a lot
deliberate
focused, planned, careful
laid
put down
shuffled
moved them fast to change the order to random order
shuffled
moved them fast to change the order to random order
pup
baby dog
pet
touch again and again in a nice soft way
pettin
petting = touching again and again in a nice soft way
coulda
could have
pups
baby dogs
cautiously
carefully
bunk
bed
make a stake
save a lot of money
mixed up
involved, connected to
fuss
worry or complain or argue
clippings
piece of newspaper cut out to save 
Golden Gloves
famous competition for fighting 
handy
good at fighting
handy
good at fighting
spoilin
spoiling = wanting to fight
banged
made a loud sound when the door closed
ago’d
how much time ago (in the past) did he go
squared
changed to square shape
dropped
went down
shoulders

shoulder

shoulders

split
divided in two (broken)
hoof

hoof

tar

tar

tar

gonna
going to
stick aroun
stick around = stay in this area
threateningly
to show he might do something bad to hurt
demanded
ask in a rude way that says you NEED it NOW
burst
exploded
sarcastically
ironic -- saying the opposite of what you mean
old lady
wife
barrel
front part of the gun
squinted
make eyes skinny, like you can't see, don't believe, or don't understand. like this: 
ejector
part of the gun
rod
tool to clean a gun 
cleaning rod
tool to clean a gun 
barrel
front part of the gun
fell to
started to
chamber
part of the gun where the bullet waits
shell
bullet 
loaded
ready to shoot the gun
snapped
sharp fast sound like this 
snapped
sharp fast sound like this 
snapping
sharp fast sound like this 
magazine
part of the gun 
pistol
gun
laid
put down
can of oil

bunk
bed
bunk
bed
crept
creep (past) -- to move slowly almost like a secret
a shot
small glass of alcohol 
a shot
small glass of alcohol 
neither
also not that
goo-goos
person who talks about politics (this is an old word that nobody uses today)
crack no jokes
make jokes
a crack
for one time (for sex)
kewpie doll lamp
light like this with the toy baby: 
walkin’ bow-legged
walking with legs separate like this (because they got a sexually transmitted disease): 
gettin’ burned
getting something bad
kewpie doll lamp
light like this with the toy baby: 
kewpie doll lamp
light like this with the toy baby: 
whisky
type of alcohol
running a parlor house
having a business in a house that is for prostitutes (women who sell sex) -- it also has a nice place to sit and relax in the front area
phonograph
old music player ![]()
rag rug
carpet made from old clothes, like this: 
crackin’ jokes
making jokes
joint
place
flop
place to sleep for one night
kickin’ ’em out
telling them to leave
rushin
making you go fast
don’t give a damn
does not care
shots
small glass of alcohol 
flop
place to sleep for one night
two bits
25 cents ($0.25)
What’s it set you back
how much does it cost
neither
also not true
elbows

scowled
make an angry face. like this: 
room
lkjk 
squinted
make eyes skinny, like you can't see, don't believe, or don't understand. like this: 