Boy: Tales of Childhood

Boy: Tales of Childhood Glossary

autobiography

a story of a person's life as told by the person

Wales

part of the United Kingdom, a country west of England on the Atlantic Ocean

Welsh

term for the people and language of Wales

Norway

Nordic country west of Sweden with a land mass extending to the Arctic Circle

Norwegian

term for the people and language of Norway

tricycle

three-wheeled variation on the bicycle usually ridden by children who cannot balance yet on a bike

gobstopper

British term for a jawbreaker candy, a hard round candy with different-colored layers

licourice bootlace

British term for long string of licorice candy

cavity

empty space found within a solid object

soggy

soft and wet

caning

term for striking a person with a walking stick made of bamboo cane

skaal

Norwegian equivalent to "cheers"

outhouse

a toilet without plumbing housed in a separate building away from the main house

anesthetic

substance that reduces a person's sensitivity to pain, administered during operations

adenoids

enlarged lymphatic tissue between the throat and nose that may limit breathing and speaking in children

tonsils

two masses of lymphoid tissue found on each side of the root of the tongue, often removed to preempt infection

seedy

squalid, sordid

Headmaster

British equivalent to a school principal, the person in charge of running the school

bosom

term for a woman's chest

shell shock

now known as post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition in which exposure to warfare results in lasting psychological and psychosomatic issues

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