Yellow Woman Glossary

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Yellow Woman Glossary

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squint

cross-eyed

corral

a pen on a farm

mesa

a hill with a flat top

pueblo

an American Indian settlement

immemorial

very old

arroyo

rivulet, stream

enamel

glaze, syrup

rustle

steal cattle

cinch

girth up a horse

sheer

absolute, utter

swarm

crowd, throng

gunny

coarse fabric used for sacks

creak

squeak, scratch

pant

to breathe heavily

daintily

gracefully, neatly

wilt

wither, fade

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