The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn vocabulary

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8 [obsolete] words
mesmerism
doggery
larboard
brain fever
yellow boy
phrenology
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yellow boy

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Definition:
1. (countable, slang, obsolete) A gold coin.
2. (uncountable, slang) Iron(III) hydroxide, a yellow-orange solid found in acidic water from mining projects.

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“I wish both their necks were broke, thof the two cost me forty good yellow-boys.”.-“Forty guineas!” exclaimed the stranger,

Tobias Smollett. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1758)
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when they found the bag they spilt it out on the floor, and it was a lovely sight, all them yaller-boys. My, the way the king's eyes did shine!

Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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