Shuggie Bain

Shuggie Bain Glossary

catastrophe

event of sudden damage; a disaster

insinuate

suggest something in an indirect way

dubious

hesitating; morally questionable

transmute

change in appearance or form

ambivalence

having mixed or contradictory thoughts or feelings

scamper

run with quick steps as though frightened or excited

paradoxical

seemingly self-contradictory or absurd

refute

prove wrong; deny

South Side

sprawling area of Glasgow, Scotland

Sighthill

neighborhood in Glasgow

East End

impoverished area of Glasgow

double-decker

community transport bus with two levels of seating

lorry

British term for large, goods-transporting trucks

tenement house

typically an overcrowded, poorly maintained house divided into separate residences

sandstone

sand- or quartz-based sedimentary rock sometimes used as a building material

buzzer

term for electronic mechanism used to gain access to buildings by contacting a resident

pavements

British term for sidewalk

AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)

not-for-profit community-support group for recovery from alcoholism

clammy

damp and/or sticky to the touch

flat

British term for an apartment

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