The Black Man's Burden Glossary

By Tasha Roy · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed September 18, 2021

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Written by Tasha Roy

Naught

Nil, zero, nothing

Deaved out

Stunned with noise

Expostulated

Argued, protested, remonstrated

Ruffian

Rogue, brute, villain

Chagrin

Disappointment, sadness, regret

Slavered

Dribbled

Obliterated

Eradicated, destroyed, killed

Drapery

Decorative clothes

Vallance

A sheet which had gathered pleats

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