The Ghost Map Glossary

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Bone Pickers

Scavengers. Archaic usage (from Victorian England). (Noun)

Tosher

Sewer-scavengers in Victorian England. They collected scraps of ‘tosh’ or copper. (Noun)

Bunter

Female rag-pickers in Victorian England. (Noun)

Pure-finder

Collectors of canine excrements (Noun).

Quagmire

Swamp, Bog, Marsh (Noun).

Incinerated

Burnt, Carbonized (Adjective).

Impromptu

Extempore, Spontaneous, Unpremeditated (Adjective).

Fulminate

Protest, Rage, Rant (Verb).

Itinerant

Travelling, Wandering, Wayfaring (Adjective).

Pilfered

Stolen, Robbed, Looted (Adjective).

Fecundity

Fertility, Ability to reproduce (Noun).

Squander

Waste, Misuse (Verb).

Relentless

Non-stop, Continuous (Adjective)

Repercussion

Result, Consequence, Outcome (Noun).

Pestiferous

Carrying Infection, Pestilential (Adjective).

Inexorable

Unrelenting, Unstoppable, Inevitable (Adjective).

Squalor

Dirt, Filth (Noun).

Appalled

Shocked, Dismayed, Horrified (Adjective).

Imperceptible

Unnoticeable, Undetectable (Adjective).

Debauched

Corrupt, Degenerate (Adjective).

Affable

Friendly, Amiable, Cordial (Adjective).

Maverick

Individualist, Unorthodox (Adjective).

Prodigious

Massive, Immense, Colossal (Adjective).

Arduous

Taxing, Laborious, Strenuous (Adjective).

Insinuate

Suggest, Hint (Verb).

Foreboding

Apprehension, Premonition, Intuition (Noun).

Harbinger

Precursor, Pioneer, Forbearer (Noun).

Imminent

Impending, Approaching, Forthcoming (Adjective).

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