Until They Bring the Streetcars Back

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alumni a graduate or former student of a specific school bailiff an officer who keeps order in the court bamboozled tricked somebody bombardment verbal attack of persistent questions or remarks carhop a person who serves customers at a drive-in clodhoppers strong, heavy shoes conscientious characterized by extreme care and great effort hoodooed brought or caused bad luck polio disease that damages nerve cells and can cause paralysis queasy feeling nausea stenographer a person who specializes in taking shorthand notes streetcar a public vehicle that runs on rails through the city synagogue Jewish house of worship transit passage from one place to another arraignment calling before a court for questioning blustery blowing in violent and abrupt bursts commissioner a person who acts as an official corroborate to confirm cowcatcher a frame at the front of a streetcar designed for clearing the track of obstructions gullible easily deceived or duped