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'''Sample entry'''<br>
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==Page 849==

'''''trois-six'' chasers'''<br>
French: three-six. Schnapps from Normandy, sometimes legal, sometimes not. Three measures of alcohol to six measures of water.

'''flâneur'''<br>
French: man-about-town.

'''go-devil squibs . . . oil-well torpedos'''<br>
Explosive charges set off inside a well in order to clear plugging of the formation that interferes with oil flow.

'''''Buen hombre'''''<br>
Spanish: good man.

'''all ready to explode'''<br>
The 1908 Mexican revolution.

'''''¡Seguro, ése!'''''<br>
Spanish: for sure!

==Page 850==

'''L'Espagnol Clignant'''<br>
French: The Blinking Spaniard.

'''''mi hijo'''''<br>
Spanish: my son.

==Page 851==

'''heliograph'''<br>
Communication device that reflects sunlight to form a beam, then interrupts the beam to generate a binary signal in Morse or other code.

'''''gregaou'''''<br>
???

'''''bandoleros'''''<br>
Spanish, literally: bandoleer wearers. Bandits, partisans.

'''Professeur Pivoine'''<br>
French: Professor Peony.

==Page 852==

==Page 853==

'''''Zeugnisbüchlein'''''<br>
German: student's pocket report book. Such a book serves as a transcript for university students.

'''Old Slavonic script'''<br>
Glagolitic writing; [[ATD_243-272#Page_252|see the excellent annotation to page 252.]]

==Page 854==


'''rope-walks'''<br>
Making rope calls for a room or yard somewhat longer than the end product, called a rope-walk.

'''''pistolieri'''''<br>
Italian: men with pistols.

'''association football'''<br>
Called soccer in the U.S. and football everywhere else.

==Page 855==

'''''Il Squalaccio'''''<br>
???

==Page 856==

'''''Attenzione'''''<br>
Italian: attention.

'''''Austriaci'''''<br>
Italian: Austrians.

==Page 857==

'''''terraferma'''''<br>
Italian: solid ground. The parts of Venice (Mestre, etc.) not built in the Lagoon.

'''''squero'''''<br>
???

==Page 858==

'''''mavrovlaco'''''<br>
Italian: Mauro-Vlach or Morlach. An inhabitant of the western coastal part of the Balkan Peninsula.

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