hunger strike
A refusal to eat as a form of protest, often for political ends
free verse
poetry without rhyme or meter
palooka
a stupid person
wire
a telegraph
Windsor Hotel
A luxury hotel in Jacksonville, FL
send it collect
have the recipient of a delivery pay for it when it arrives
the walls of Jericho
A defensive fortification for the city of Jericho that is referenced in the book of Joshua in the Christian Bible
Gandhi
The non-violent leader of the Indian Independence Movement
finishing school
private school for society girls
stock company
A repertory theater group
smackers
dollars
gat
revolver/pistol
piggy back
ride on someone's back
dame
woman
annulment
a retroactive nullification of a recent marriage
hitchhike
to hitch a ride in a stranger's car
gold dig
marry for money
jamboree
A lavish party
pill
an annoying person
autogyro
A kind of aircraft that is like a helicopter, but has rotating vanes
