Sag Harbor Glossary

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Sag Harbor Glossary

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Albino

A person or animal with a congenital absence of pigment in their eyes, hair and skin

Aligned

Lined up straight

Beatnik

A member of the Beat Generation

Bicker

Argue back and forth about nothing in particular

Casting Aspersions

Hinting or suggesting something wrong with someone's character

Commingled

Mixed

Dexterity

Nimble fingered

Edifice

A large imposing building

Elaborate

Expound further on an initial statement

Formica

Man-made glossy board popularized in the late 1960s for making kitchen units

Licentious

Sexually immoral

Litany

List

Monochromatic

Black and white

Oafish

Uncouth

Patois

Colloquial language of the common folk in a particular are

"Penthouse"

Men's magazine similar to "Playboy"

Recoup

Gain back

Scrutiny

Very close examination

Tenements

Houses divided into sets of rooms with multiple families living in one house

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