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cutter: braggart
Dog: member of the Provost's Guard
doxie: female prostitute
dozy: sluggish
elsewise: otherwise; or else
fambles: hands
fen-sucked: sucked out of a fen (swamp or marsh)
Ferrets: street nickname for Crown spies
filcher: small-time criminal
flower sellers: women of that trade who are also prostitutes and thieves
foist: master pickpocket
fribbety: silly, frivolous
gab: speech
get bit: be cheated
get in the way of: become; learn
gillyflowers: older name for carnations
gixie: girl
gob: mouth
gold bit: coin equivalent to one-quarter gold noble or two and a half silver nobles
gold noble: coin equivalent to ten silver nobles or four gold bits
Growl: sound made by a roomful of Dogs about to be released upon criminal prey
Happy Bag: weekly bribes for Provost's office
hedgecreeper: cheap prostitute
hedgewitch: small-time mage serving lower-class clients, usually deals in healing humans and animals, fertility charms/potions, small battle/annoyance spells
honeylove: lesbian
hunter: hound specially trained to hunt escaped prisoners and slaves
Hurdik: language of Tunstall's native hill tribes
jabbernob: chatterbox
kennel: Provost's watch house; police station
lift: theft of a purse
looby: fool
loose Dog: crooked Dog: one who exceeds the normal allowance of bribery
mammering: wavering; hesitating
Master: Mr.; mister
maul: heavy hammer with one wedge-shaped head
mayhap: perhaps
Mistress: Mrs.; ma'am
moneystream: flow of money as it passes through the hands of buyers, sellers, and bankers
moonsong: idiocy
mot: woman
mumper: beggar
murrain (MUHRenn): pestilence or plague, mainly affecting domestic animals
nab: arrest
nob: head
Oinomi Wavewalker: goddess of the ocean; she is believed by some to come when named, like the Trickster and the Smith God
orange girls: walking fruit sellers who are also prostitutes and thieves
peck and cass: meat and cheese
piece: lowlife woman; dirty woman
pigsticker: big knife
pluck a rat: do something really stupid, such as try to pull feathers off a rat
Puppy: trainee in the Provost's Guard
puttock: low-level female prostitute
raka: native of the Copper Isles
Rat: captive, civilian, criminal, or prey (to Dogs)
rook: cheat
rusher: thug
sap: lead-filled six-inch leather cylinder with loop for wrist to be held in the hand; a knockout or bone-breaking weapon
sarden: blasted; damned; detestable
scale: fence (receiver of stolen goods)
scummer: animal dung
scut: idiot
seek: hunt down a criminal or missing person
sheeplings: Player slang: those who are born to be shorn of their money
Sign: the Sign against evil; an X intersected by a vertical line forming a star on the chest
silver/gold kiss: bribe
silver noble: coin equivalent to ten copper nobles
sing on: inform
slubbering: slobbering, licking, or lapping
spintry: male prostitute
swap ______ for ______: move up a grade as a Dog: for example, "swap leather [1-to-5-year insignia] for bronze [5-to-10-year insignia]"
swilled: drunk
swive: have sex
tarse: piece of meat
tosspot: drunkard
tread a measure: leave; take off
trencher: "plate" cut from a stale loaf of bread, used to hold food
trull: very low-class kind of woman; the dregs
twilsey: refreshing drink made from raspberry or cider vinegar and water
ACHOO'S GLOSSARY
bangkit (bangKEET): up/rise
bau (bow, like cow): smell
berdiri (bareDEERee): stand straight
berhenti (buhrHEHNtee): stop
biarlah (beeAHRlah): let it go
cepat (SAYpaht): go fast
diamlah (deeAHMlah): quiet
dukduk (DOOKdook, like bookbook): sit
gampang (gamPANG): steady/easy
jaga (JAHgah): guard
kawan (kahWAHN): friend
kemari (kehMAHRee): come here
kulit (kooLEET): leash
lindengi (lihnDEHNgee, with a hard g): protect
maji (MAHjee): go
makan (mahKAN): eat
memberi (mehmBAREee, like bear): give
menean (mehnKAHRee): seek
mudah (MOOdah): easy
pelan (pehlAHN): slow
pengantar (pehnGANNtahr, gann like can): greet
tak (TAK, like tack): no
tinggal (tingGAHL): stay
tumit (tooMIHT): heel
tunggu (toonGOO): wait
turun (tooROON): down
About The Author
Tamora Pierce captured the imagination of readers more than twenty-five years ago with Alanna: The First Adventure (Atheneum, 1983). As of September 2008, she has written over twenty-five books, including three completed quartets (The Song of the Lioness, The Immortals, and The Protector of the Small), the Trickster duet, and now the Beka Cooper books, set in the fantasy realm of Tortall. She has also written The Circle of Magic and The Circle Opens quartets, as well as two stand-alone titles, The Will of the Empress and Melting Stones. Her books have been translated into many languages, and some are available on audio from Listening Library and Full Cast Audio. She and her husband, Timothy Liebe, also co-wrote the six-episode comic White Tiger: A Hero's Compulsion for Marvel Comics.
Tamora Pierce's fast-paced, suspenseful writing and strong, believable heroines have won her much praise: Emperor Mage was a 1996 ALA Best Book for Young Adults, The Realms of the Gods was listed as an "outstanding fantasy novel" by Voice of Youth Advocates in 1996, Squire (Protector of the Small #3) was a 2002 ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and Lady Knight (Protector of the Small #4) debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Trickster's Choice spent a month on the New York Times bestseller list and was a 2003 ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Trickster's Queen was also a New York Times bestseller.
An avid reader herself, Ms. Pierce graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked at a variety of jobs and has written everything from novels to radio plays. Along with writer Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries series), she co-founded SheroesCentral, a discussion board about female heroes; remarkable women in fact, fiction, and history; books; current events; and teen issues. SheroesCentral and SheroesFans are now independent of her, but she still drops by and welcomes the Sheroes she meets on tour.
Tamora Pierce lives in Syracuse, New York, with her husband, Tim, a writer, Web page designer, and Web administrator, and their eight indoor cats, porch cat, basement cat, two birds, and occasional rescued wildlife.
For more information, visit:
www.tamorapierce.com.
