Trouble in Paradise Glossary

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gigolo

male prostitute for older women

crook

a criminal

Prosperity

to be successful and wealthy

swindle

to try to cheat people

pickpocket

a thief

tonsils

a curse word

prodigiously

impressively great

aristocratic

nobility

scoundrel

a rascal

smitten

strongly attracted to

sublime

unparalleled

elegant

graceful

tickled

to stimulate interest

Countess

wife of a count or an earl

robbed

to steal from

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