Glossary
C=Chinese, J=Japanese, P=Pidgin-English. The Chinese substitute l for r, and add the terminations -ee, -um, and —lo to many words.
allo (P), all, every.
banzai (J), lit. “ten thousand years!”, an exclamation in salutation of the emperor, equivalent to Vive le roi!
belongey (P), often equivalent simply to the verb to be.
bimeby (P), by and by, afterwards.
bobbely (P), noise, uproar.
bottom-side (P), down, below.
catchee (P), to get, have.
ch’hoy (P), an exclamation.
cham-tow (C), to cut off the head, execute.
chop-chop (P), quickly.
chow-chow (P), food.
daimio (J), a feudal and military chief whose income exceeded 10,000 koku of rice(koku=5.13 bushels).
-ee, a pidgin-English termination.
first-chop (P), best, excellently.
galaw (P), a common exclamation.
geisha (J), a dancing and singing girl.
hai (J), an exclamation used in answering.
ha-loy (P), come down.
hara-kiri (J), suicide by cutting open the abdomen.
hayo (J), early: o hayo, good-morning.
he (P), he, she, it, they, him, her.
iniside (P), within, in.
joss (P), god.
joss-house (P), temple.
joss-pidgin-man (P), priest.
kimono (J), long outer garment.
komban (J), good-evening.
koto (J), a kind of lyre.
kow-tow (P), to bow humbly.
li (C), a Chinese mile: 250 li make 1 degree.
littee (P), little.
look-see (P), look, examine.
makura (J), a rest for the head.
meshi (J), boiled rice.
muchee (P), very.
musumé (J), girl, young lady.
my (P), I, me, my, mine.
no can do (P), cannot.
numpa (P), number: numpa one, first-rate.
o (J), an honorific prefix used in addressing or speaking respectfully of a person: o hayo, good-morning.
obe (J), a long sash worn round the waist.
one-tim’ (P), once.
pan (J), bread: pan taberu daro, I want something to eat.
pidgin (P), business: pidgin-English, English as spoken by Chinese at the ports.
pidgy (P), busy.
piecee (P), used with numerals: one piecee man=a or one man.
plopa (P), proper: allo plopa, all right.
saké (J), a fermented rice-beer.
sampan (C), a Chinese punt.
samurai (J), lit. one who serves the emperor; a member of the military class formerly privileged to wear two swords.
san (J), a title used with names.
sassy (P), saucy, proud.
savvy (P), know, understand.
sayonara (J), good-bye.
shogun (J), commander-in-chief; the title of the ruler who for several centuries supplanted the Mikado.
side (P), place, direction: this-side, here; that-side, there; what-side, where.
so-fashion (P), in that way.
tabemono (J), a gift of food.
taberu (J), I shall eat.
tadaima (J), presently, at once.
that-side (P), there.
that-tim’ (P), then.
this-side (P), here, hither.
tim’ (P), time.
topside (P), above, superior.
topside-pidgin-man (P), missionary.
uma (J), horse.
wa (J), a particle.
wailo (P), away, to go away, run away.
wantchee (P), to want.
what-for (P), why.
what-side (P), where.
what-tim’ (P), when.
yen (J), dollar.
yinkelis (P), English.
The Light Brigade in Spain
or
The Last Fight of Sir John Moore
By Herbert Strang
Author of “Tom Burnaby,” etc.
With a Preface by Lieut.-Col. WILLOUGHBY VERNER.
“In ‘Boys of the Light Brigade’ Mr. Strang draws upon the resources of the Peninsular War, and succeeds in extracting much freshness from well-worn themes, as Moore’s retreat to Corunna and the heroic defence of Saragossa. The personal interest of the story is kept at a high tension.... It is a book which no boy will be able to put down when once started. The volume is provided with excellent maps and plans of the scenes in which the incidents take place.”—The Standard.
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“The author describes graphically with truth to history the last fight of the British commander, Sir John Moore. It is a stirring military story in the manner of those written by the late George A. Henty, but really with more authenticity.”—Philadelphia Press.
“An interesting story, with extra good measure in its incidents and character... and with some pretty little love passages.”—Cleveland Leader.
By ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS
Historic Boys. Their Endeavors, Their Achievements and Their Times. With 29 full-page illustrations. 8vo, pp. viii + 259.