 homburg |
 pinafore |
 turret |
 wimple |
homburg |
pinafore |
turret |
wimple |
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... Examples, Definitions & Resources | ||
| 3... | spectacles | ... eyeglasses | |
| 3... | togged | ... dressed, or clothed | |
| 5... | blustery | ... blustery morning - [wind] blowing in loud and abrupt bursts | |
| 7... | wimple | ... a garment which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin | |
| 7... | billowed | ... her black robe billowed - swelled out or bulged | |
| 12... | putrid | ... vile, disgusting | |
| 14... | scruffy | ... untidy in appearance | |
| 17... | purveyor | ... someone who supplies what is needed | |
| 17... | blarney | ... mindless chatter | |
| 21... | pinafore | ... a sleeveless garment worn as an apron | |
| 25... | ruckus | ... a noise or commotion | |
| 32... | trudge | ... to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps | |
| 35... | cahoots | ... a collusion or collaboration to nefarious or wicked ends | |
| 36... | snuffle | ... to sniff the nose loudly and audibly | |
| 38... | clouted | ... sruck a blow with the hand | |
| 44... | mushmillions | ... sweet and juicy fruit | |
| 37... | emigrant | ... An emigrant leaves their land to live in another country. The person is emigrating to another country. | |
| 48... | immigrant | ... An immigrant is a person who once resided somewhere else and now lives in your country. | |
| 52... | disposition | ... prevailing tendency, mood, or inclination; temperamental makeup | |
| 55... | chafed | ... injured or worn caused by friction | |
| 55... | gander | ... a look | |
| 64... | heathen | ... an infidel; someone who doesn't believe in God | |
| 68... | sovereign | ... exercising power of rule | |
| 94... | forlorn | ... being or appearing sad or lonely, especially after being abandoned | |
| 94... | impoverished | ... poor; reduced to poverty | |
| 94... | destitute | ... lacking something; devoid; poor, impoverished, poverty-stricken | |
| 102... | dugout | ... a shelter based on a hole or depression dug into the ground | |
| 104... | hoecake | ... a type of cornbread made of cornmeal, salt and water, which is very thin in texture, and fried in cooking oil in a skillet | |
| 113... | frippery | ... secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration | |
| 116... | ornery | ... cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable | |
| 122... | phrenology | ... the science which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology of the skull | |
| 123... | thespians | ... actors or players | |
| 140... | broody | ... moody and broody - contemplative | |
| 142... | turret | ... a little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure | |
| 143... | rumpus | ... a disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel | |
| 150... | pompadour | ... a style of haircut which takes its name from Madame de Pompadour, often created by combing the sides of the hair back, while fanning the top of the hair forward and curling over itself | |
| 177... | persevere | ... to continue on in pursuit of a task, journey or quest in spite of distraction or disappointment | |
| 178... | hydrophobia | ... rabies; [also fear of water] | |
| 185... | homburg | ... a stiff felt hat that is superficially very similar to the fedora, however, the Homburg has no pinches, and has a brim with the edge sharply turned up all the way around | |
| 195... | prigger | ... You could be a prigger or a hoister or a dip | |
| 195... | hoister | ... You could be a prigger or a hoister or a dip | |
| 195... | dip | ... You could be a prigger or a hoister or a dip | |
| 207... | indentured | ... bound to service | |
| 210... | benevolence | ... charitable kindness | |
| 211... | vanquished | ... defeated | |
| 212... | assimilate | ... to absorb a group of people into a community | |
| 213... | deemed | ... considered | |
| 214... | contend | ... to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend | |
 turret |
 Big Boy sports a pompadour |
 Madame de Pompadour |
 white wimple |
 pinafore: back & front |
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WIKIPEDIA
- Children's Aid Society - founded in 1853 by philanthropist Charles Loring Brace in order to "ensure the physical and emotional well being of children and families, and to provide each child with the support and opportunities needed to become a happy, healthy and productive adult." - Charles Loring Brace ... b. 19 June 1826 in Litchfield, d. Connecticut - 11 August 1890 ... father of the modern foster care movement. |
- Charles Loring Brace - The Founder of the Orphan Train ... http://trailblazerbooks.com
- The Orphan Train Heritage Society maintains an archive of orphan train riders' stories ... http://www.orphantrainriders.com
- Adoption History: Orphan Trains ... http://darkwing.uoregon.edu
- A History of the Orphan Trains by C. DiPasquale ... http://www.kancoll.org
- Indenture/Adoption Forms ... http://www.kancoll.org
- Iowa Orphan Train Stops ... http://www.maquoketa.k12.ia.us
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What is the difference between an Immigrant and an Emigrant? - An immigrant is a new member of one's society; an emigrant is leaving one's society in search of greener pastures. ... http://www.wisegeek.com
A person who moves to another country is BOTH an immigrant and an emigrant. If, for example, you move from Poland to the USA, you are a Polish emigrant and an American immigrant. Every Immigrant is also an Emigrant. The difference is where the emphasis is placed. To assess Emigrant experience is to emphasize the place left behind and the reasons for leaving, sometimes called " push factors " by scholars. To assess Immigrant experience is to focus on the place where the emigrant arrives, in this case, the U.S.A. ... http://www.salzburgseminar.com |
