"Marriage" and Other Poems Glossary

By Lina Christoph · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed April 08, 2018

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Written by Lina Christoph

velvet

a luxurious fabric

scroungy

poor, disreputable, shady

corny

cheesy, clichéd

Niagara Falls

famous waterfalls on the border between the United States and Canada, a popular tourist attraction

bellboy

a hotel employee, mainly tasked with carrying guests' luggage

scourge

a curse, a plague

bigamy

being married to two people at the same time

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