For Today I Am a Boy Glossary

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For Today I Am a Boy Glossary

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liaison

a sexual or romantic relationship between two people

cheongsam

a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women

briny

salty

inscrutable

not easily understood

abridge

to cut off

rigorous

severe, harsh

tonsure

an act of cutting the hair

effeminate

having traits traditionally considered feminine

covet

to desire wrongfully

brocade

fabric woven with an elaborate design

outie

a protruding navel

palatial

resembling a palace in being spacious

gook

a thick substance

a wife beater

a sleeveless shirt

mishmash

an untidy mixture of different things

tendon

a part of a human body that connects a muscle to a bone

gamine

a small girl who looks like a boy

shish taouk

a marinated chicken shish kebab

depanneur

a convenience store

malevolent

wicked

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