Vocab Unit 1 pt 2 Flashcards

1
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barrister

A

a lawyer who handles court cases

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2
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Château

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a french aristocrats country home

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3
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conciergerie

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a prison in paris

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4
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doll

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a disparaging term for women in the 19th century

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5
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flambeau

A

torch

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6
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fortnight

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two weeks; fourteen days

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7
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garret

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attic or room on top floor of house or apartment

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8
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guillotine

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heavy blade held up by two posts which is dropped on the victims neck in order to behead the victim

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9
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hackney-coach

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a coach for hire; an older equivalent of a taxi

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10
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head drawer

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man in charge of hotel

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11
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incarceration

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imprisonment

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12
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jackal

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accomplice who assists in menial or slightly disreputable acts

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13
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letter de cachet

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sealed letter, especially from a sovereign, often ordering arbitrary imprisonment

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14
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mail-coach

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before into of railways there were 2 types of coaches on english roads: mail-coach and stage-coach
mail coaches were subsidized by post office, stage was privately owned

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15
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miller

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man whose profession is to grind wheat

usually portrayed as all white bc covered in flour

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16
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old bailey

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old bailey court, central court where criminals were prosecuted

17
Q

pile

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long spear

18
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postilion

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man who rides the near horse to guide the horses drawing a coach

19
Q

punch

A

spiced fruit beverage w/alcoholic base

20
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quartering

A

antiquated punishment for criminals involving dismembering them into four parts

21
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quid

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slang for pound (british currency)

22
Q

resurrection-man

A

person who digs up dead bodies to sell parts of them to scientists
also called resurrectionist

23
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saint antoine

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district of paris very active in revolution, especially in storming of bastille

24
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scrivener

A

scribe or copier

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shoe
type of brakes under a carriage
26
snuff
powdered tobacco inhaled through nose
27
solicitor
lawyer who handles wills and estates and most matters not involving a court
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spectre
ghost or apparition
29
temple bar
london landmark located near tellson's bank
30
tower of london
state prison of london
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tumbrill
crude two-wheeled cart used to carry prisoners to be executed in the french revolution
32
turnkey
jailor
33
versailles
city southwest of paris known for the opulent french royal palace built for king louis XIV
34
ward
someone for whom someone else has responsibility, especially financially
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whitefriars
in dickens time, disreputable district of london
36
wood-sawyer
man who chops wood
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ancien régime
the pre-revolutionary monarchical, aristocratic rule of france