Ain't I a Woman?

Critical Thinking Works (United States of America)
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  1. bear
    be pregnant with
    I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well!
  2. ditch
    a long narrow excavation in the earth
    That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.
  3. gather
    assemble or get together
    I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!
  4. grief
    intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one
    I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me!
  5. head
    the upper part of the human body or the body in animals
    I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!
  6. intellect
    knowledge and mental ability
    Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? [member of audience whispers, "intellect"] That's it, honey.
  7. kilter
    in working order
    Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter.
  8. lash
    a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
    I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well!
  9. mean
    denote or connote
    If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?
  10. measure
    determine the dimensions of something or somebody
    If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?
  11. oblige
    force somebody to do something
    Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say.
  12. pint
    a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces
    If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?
  13. plough
    a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
    I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!
  14. puddle
    a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
    Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place!
  15. quart
    a unit of liquid equal to 32 fluid ounces or two pints
    If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?
  16. racket
    a sports implement used to strike a ball in various games
    Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter.
  17. sojourner
    a temporary resident
    Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say.
  18. whisper
    speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
    Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? [member of audience whispers, "intellect"] That's it, honey.
Created on Wed Aug 17 15:00:07 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Aug 17 15:00:34 EDT 2011)

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