Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde Glossary

The Great Depression

A deep economic depression that took place between 1929 and 1939 after a stock market crash on Wall Street.

bull

nonsense.

gumption

initiative and shrewdness.

Smith and Wesson

An American manufacturer of firearms.

teller

An employee of bank who deals with customers and acts as a cashier.

sharecropper

A farmer who is a tenant and used crops as rent.

Ford Coupe

An American automobile.

reformatory

An institution for juvenile delinquents.

parole

The release of a prisoner due to good behavior.

teetotaler

Someone who abstains from drinking alcohol.

Dr. Pepper

A carbonated soda.

hillbilly

Unsophisticated rural person.

backcountry

isolated, remote, undeveloped.

hick

A provincial or unsophisticated rural person.

spur

A small spike or spiked wheel that is worn on a horseback rider's heel and used to make the horse go faster. An incentive.

bounty hunting

Chasing down criminals in exchange for some kind of reward.

step on it

Go fast.

punk

delinquent, worthless person (derogatory).

the blues

Feelings of sadness and depression.

Dallas

The most populous city in the state of Texas.

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