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Lissom = (of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful.

Mirth = amusement, especially as expressed in laughter.

Five-and-ten = a shop selling a wide variety of inexpensive household and personal goods.

Guano = the excrement of seabirds and bats, used as fertilizer.

Brogans = a coarse stout leather shoe reaching to the ankle.

Damnedest = used to emphasize the surprising nature of something.

Poontang = a woman or women regarded solely in terms of potential sexual gratification.

Canebreak = a piece of ground covered with a dense growth of canes.