Coming Up for Air Glossary

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bluntish

dull, not sharp

baloney

nonsense, meaningless talk

gaunt

thin, slender

bellow

cry, roar

subterranean

coming from the underground

rigmarole

idle talk, empty words

wean

to stop breast-feeding

tallow

fat (the one used in candles and soap production)

breech

buttocks

tolerate

permit, allow

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