Mysterious Kor Glossary

Mysterious Kor Glossary

Kôr

a fictitious lost city in Africa; it is the setting in Andrew Lang's poem "She" (a response to H. Rider Haggard's novel "She"), which is referenced in the short story

black-out

the attempt of concealing all light, e.g. by covering windows, to prevent enemy bombers from acquiring their targets from the air

(air) warden

a local civilian officer who supervises defensive measures against air raids during a war

divan

a long, low sofa without a back or arms; it is usually placed against a wall

fix up

arrange a date

squashed

squeezed into a cramped space

wireless

radio

exonerate

absolve someone from blame

off the air

no longer receiving radio broadcasts

Have you got a screw loose?

Are you crazy?

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