"Brokeback Mountain" and Other Stories Glossary

by Annie Proulx

"Brokeback Mountain" and Other Stories Glossary

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Written by Anastasia Melnyk

stoic life

unemotional life

bedroll

sleeping bag

top-grade headache

very severe headache

kyow

cow (Texas accent)

waf

wife (Texas accent)

to be weather-eyed

to keep watch or to stay alert

beanpole

tall, lanky person

magenta

purple

cretonne

cotton material

queer

gay

disquieting

alarming, anxious

krummholz

forest of stunted trees on a mountain

feedbag

bag with food that is attached to the head of a horse for feeding

fecundity

fertility or fruitfulness

venetian blinds

shutters

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