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Oliver Twist

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  1. workhouse
    a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
    TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH

    Among other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictitious
  2. gruel
    a thin porridge
    Give it a little gruel if it is.'
  3. thingummy
    something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
    'It's all over, Mrs. Thingummy!' said the surgeon at last.
  4. oakum
    loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes
    'So you'll begin to pick oakum to-morrow morning at six o'clock,' added the surly one in the white waistcoat.
  5. parish
    a local church community
    For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and trouble, by the parish surgeon, it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive to bear any name at all; in which case it is somewhat more than probable t
  6. pauper
    a person who is very poor
    There being nobody by, however, but a pauper old woman, who was rendered rather misty by an unwonted allowance of beer; and a parish surgeon who did such matters by contract; Oliver and Nature fought out the point between them.
  7. rebelliously
    in a rebellious manner
    Occasionally, when there was some more than usually interesting inquest upon a parish child who had been overlooked in turning up a bedstead, or inadvertently scalded to death when there happened to be a washing--though the latter accident was very scarce, anything approaching to a washing being of rare occurrence in the farm--the jury would take it into their heads to ask troublesome questions, or the parishioners would rebelliously affix their signatures to a remonstrance.
  8. stipendiary
    receiving or eligible for compensation
    Are you aweer, Mrs. Mann, that you are, as I may say, a porochial delegate, and a stipendiary?'
Created on 十二月 1, 2010 (updated 十二月 1, 2010)

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