The Middle Passage
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by Julia Golding
[2]. Please follow that adventure in The Diamond of Drury Lane
Cat’s Glossary
Canister–head
Cast up one’s accounts–to be violently ill
Charybdis–mythical whirlpool
Clink–term for gaol
Crosstrees–top point of mast where lookout can stand
Dons–Oxford and Cambridge tutors
Goggle–to stare
Moll–woman associated with a gang of thieves
Nipping jig–to be hanged
Phiz–face
Scylla–mythical monster, eater of sailors
Skylarking–to play in the rigging
Tuilleries–famous Parisian gardens and palace