The Great Depression
A deep economic depression that took place between 1929 and 1939 after a stock market crash on Wall Street.
bull
nonsense.
gumption
initiative and shrewdness.
Smith and Wesson
An American manufacturer of firearms.
teller
An employee of bank who deals with customers and acts as a cashier.
Ford Coupe
An American automobile.
reformatory
An institution for juvenile delinquents.
parole
The release of a prisoner due to good behavior.
teetotaler
Someone who abstains from drinking alcohol.
Dr. Pepper
A carbonated soda.
hillbilly
Unsophisticated rural person.
backcountry
isolated, remote, undeveloped.
hick
A provincial or unsophisticated rural person.
spur
A small spike or spiked wheel that is worn on a horseback rider's heel and used to make the horse go faster. An incentive.
bounty hunting
Chasing down criminals in exchange for some kind of reward.
step on it
Go fast.
punk
delinquent, worthless person (derogatory).
the blues
Feelings of sadness and depression.
Dallas
The most populous city in the state of Texas.
