Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog Glossary

Galoshes

Waterproof shoes

Proletarian

The class constituted by low-status workers and industrial workers

Barometer

An instrument used in forecasting the weather that reads atmospheric pressure

Prechistenka

A prominent street/district of Moscow

Salaam

A greeting or gesture of supplication consisting of a low bow, typically with the fingers touched to the forehead

Bolshevism

The far-left, Marxist ideology that dominated the Soviet government after the Russian Revolution

Trepan

A type of saw used in surgery to make holes in a skull; also the verb of making such holes

Maelstrom

A powerful whirlpool; a situation of confusion and turmoil

Torrid

Hot and dry; alternatively, full of trials and difficulties

Godhead

A divine or influential person; god itself

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