'night, Mother Glossary

'night, Mother Glossary

Dusting powder

baby powder for women's skin

Fits

seizures

Ragweed

flowering plants with pollen

Horehound

plant used to make lozenge candies

A & P

a local supermarket

Trimline

land line

Change of scene

a different environment

Runt

an undersized or weak person

Phenobarb

Phenobarbital; medicine used to control abnormal electrical activity in the brain during a seizure

Sanka

a brand of decaffeinated coffee

Dope

drugs

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