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Pirate Speak
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Squiggles and Doodles
Vocabulary
100
name of the Hawkins establishment which is the setting of our story when it opens
What is the Admiral Benbow Inn?
100
Pirate Speak meaning the bottom of the ocean or death
What is Davy Jone's Locker?
100
coarse slang name given to surgeons or medics, like Dr. Livesey during the Treasure Island era
What is sawbones?
100
the section of the Bible that is torn out by the pirates and used as paper for Silver's Black Spot
What is the Book of Revelations?
100
punishment for a sailor by dragging him under the ship along sharp barnacles and with the threat of drowning
What is keel-hauling?
200
seaport in England that was the setting for the purchase of the Hispaniola and the hiring of the crew
What is Bristol?
200
Pirate Speak meaning person unfamiliar with the sea and sailing
What is a lubber or landlubber?
200
pirate who is elected to present the Black Spot to Silver while in the block-house
Who is George Merry?
200
what Captain Smollett did with his share of the money when the ship returned to England
What is retired from the sea?
200
pirate message that signals you must face impending doom
What is the Black Spot?
300
place on the Hispaniola where Jim eavesdrops on the pirates as they plan a mutiny
What is the apple barrel?
300
Pirate Speak meaning eyes or vision
What are deadlights?
300
two positive contributions that Squire Trelawney brings to the plot
What are financing the voyage AND being a "crack shot" with a gun?
300
the way that Mr. Arrow, the first mate of the Hispaniola, died
What is he disappeared overboard?
300
name of sailors' clothing or "uniform" established by the British Navy in 1628 and worn by men who had been press-ganged into service
What are SLOPS?
400
name of the tavern owned by Long John Silver where Jim first meets the one-legged pirate
What is the Spy-Glass?
400
Pirate Speak meaning to cheat or deceive
What is hornswaggle?
400
name of the pirate whose skeleton points toward the treasure; identified by his long bones and yellow hair
Who is Allardyce?
400
length of time that Ben Gunn had been marooned on the island
What are three years?
400
right side of the ship when on is facing forward
What is the starboard side?
500
name of the inlet that was the nearest point to Ben Gunn's treasure-house
What is Rum Cove?
500
Pirate Speak that is an offensive name given to someone disloyal or disliked; references the dregs of the ship
What is a bilge rat?
500
sailor's name called by Cap'n Flint in his last breath as he ordered, "Fetch aft the rum!"
Who is Darby M'Graw?
500
the two shipmates who are executed on Treasure Island because they refused to join the mutiny
Who are Tom and Allen?
500
symptoms exhibited by someone experiencing severe withdrawal from alcohol, indicated by uncontrollable shaking and rapid heart beat
What are the delirium tremens?