These terms are all entries in DARE; they are used in various parts of the country. See how many you can match up.
1. rain dog | a. a man’s short hairstyle |
2. princeton | b. a nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place |
3. sailor’s purse | c. a dense growth of dwarf oak |
4. shinnery | d. a water faucet placed on the outside of a building |
5. pinkie | e. a main dish pie, frequently containing fish and rice |
6. pirok | f. a trick, deception |
7. railroad | g. a vacant lot or city block |
8. shab | h. of ice: crumbling, disintegrating, becoming porous |
9. Skunk’s Misery | i. of bread or cake: heavy, dense, soggy |
10. poison apple | j. to sneak away, slink off |
11. ridy-bob | k. a rascal; critter, varmint |
12. sad | l. an atmospheric phenomenon; a small arc of rainbow |
13. sill cock | m. a tomato |
14. sandy | n. a small sailing vessel with a sharp stern |
15. prairie | o. to reprimand; criticize |
16. scraper | p. a seesaw |
17. read out | q. a work party in which participants make new articles from old pieces of cloth |
18. rag bee | r. to hurry; to deal with quickly |
19. reina | s. a rockfish (Sebastes elongatus) |
20. rotten | t. the egg case of a skate or shark |