Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Glossary

gleefully

to be full of joy

tremendous

huge

orbit

to go on a path/course

hustle

push roughly

bustle

move in a busy way

chambermaids

someone who cleans bathrooms and bedrooms in a hotel

starlet

a young actress

contraption

a device or a gadget

trifle

a little bit

piffle

trivial nonsense

driveling

talking dumbly

petrified

extremely scared and unable to move

malevolent

deeply evil

sumptuous

rich, luxurious

droves

large amounts

breach

an opening

flabbergasted

very surprised and shocked

gizzards

muscular, enlarged digestive track of birds

crumpet

a yeasty, unsweetened bread/cake

lavatory

bathroom

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