Thank you M'am

Bruce L.
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  1. icebox
    an insulated container in which food can be kept cold
    In another corner of the room behind a screen was a gas plate and an icebox.
  2. Langston Hughes
    United States writer (1902-1967)
    Thank You, Ma'am (by Langston Hughes)
    She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails.
  3. suede
    leather with a napped surface
    “I wanted a pair of blue suede shoes,” said the boy.
  4. bate
    moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
    When I get through with you, sir, you are
    going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.”
  5. pop out
    appear suddenly
    Sweat popped out on the boy’s face and he began to struggle.
  6. stoop
    bend one's back forward from the waist on down
    But
    she bent down enough to permit him to stoop and pick up her purse.
  7. heated
    made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
    She heated some lima beans and ham she had in the icebox, made the cocoa, and set the table.
  8. barren
    completely wanting or lacking
    The boy wanted to say something else other than “Thank you, m’am” to Mrs. Luella Bates
    Washington Jones, but he couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the
    large woman in the door.
  9. ma'am
    a woman of refinement
    Thank You, Ma'am (by Langston Hughes)
    She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails.
  10. dash
    run or move very quickly
    He could make a dash for it down the hall.
Created on Wed Sep 28 11:01:03 EDT 2011

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