Three Day Blow Vocab

Vocabulary

Coop: a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.

Cottage: a small house, usually of only one story.

Peat: a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.

Slumped: To fall or sink heavily; collapse.

Double-Header: Two sport games in a row.

Cinch: a firm hold or tight grip.

League: a covenant or compact made between persons, parties, states, etc., for the promotion or maintenance of common interests or for mutual assistance or service.

Discontented: not content or satisfied; dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy.

Bonehead: a foolish or stupid person; blockhead.

Sweet Fielder: A baseball player who plays best in the field.

Dope: (slang) information, data, or news.

Pennant: any relatively long, tapering flag.

Swell: first-rate; fine.

Intentions: an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.

Drunkards: One who is habitually drunk.

Solitary: .alone; without companions; unattended.

Impress: to affect deeply or strongly in mind or feelings; influence in opinion.

Compensations: The act of compensating or the state of being compensated.

Apricot: the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.

Chunk: a thick mass or lump of anything

Dipper: a person or thing that dips.

Louts: An awkward and stupid person; an oaf.

Irrevocable: not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable.

Mackinaw Coat: a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid.

Woodcock: either of two plump, short-legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage.

Thud: a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.

Meadow: a tract of grassland used for pasture or serving as a hayfield.

Questions

Where are the men when the story opens?

Nick is going to his friend Bill’s house.

What descriptive phrases tell the reader what time of year it is?

Heavy usage of wind terms and the line “The fall wind blew through the barren trees.”

The names of the two men are:

Nick and Bill

Why this story is called “The Three-Day Blow”?

Because there will