It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night Glossary

hunger strike

A refusal to eat as a form of protest, often for political ends

free verse

poetry without rhyme or meter

palooka

a stupid person

wire

a telegraph

Windsor Hotel

A luxury hotel in Jacksonville, FL

send it collect

have the recipient of a delivery pay for it when it arrives

the walls of Jericho

A defensive fortification for the city of Jericho that is referenced in the book of Joshua in the Christian Bible

Gandhi

The non-violent leader of the Indian Independence Movement

finishing school

private school for society girls

stock company

A repertory theater group

smackers

dollars

gat

revolver/pistol

piggy back

ride on someone's back

dame

woman

annulment

a retroactive nullification of a recent marriage

hitchhike

to hitch a ride in a stranger's car

gold dig

marry for money

jamboree

A lavish party

pill

an annoying person

autogyro

A kind of aircraft that is like a helicopter, but has rotating vanes

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