Of Mice & Men : U seful vocab Sec tion 1 Sol edad A small town on t he Salinas River T he Salinas River A river that flows t hrough Southern California and into the Pacific Ocean G abilan Mou ntains A range of moun tai ns a round S oledad ‘coons R ac oons, s mall furry animals a bit like badgers B indle R oll of blank ets bound w ith strings J un gle - up M aking camp A stilt ed heron A water bird with l ong legs Murray and Ready ’s A work agency. D uring t he Great Depression in America in the 1930s, there were many unemployed men about the country looking for work. Agencies were set up by the government to direct men to where workers were needed. The men were given work cards to identify them to their new employers. Weed A small t own in C a lifornia B ucking T hrowing, like a person b eing thrown off a horse T hrashin ’ machines T hres h ing machi nes which separate t he grains of wheat from th e stalks B ucks D ollars C at - house B rothe l P ool A game similar to s n ook e r / billi ards H ot water T rouble C oyote A type of wild d og B low thei r stake W aste their money P oundin ’ th eir tail W orking hard B lowin ’ in our jack W asting our mone y B rush bushes Section 2 B urlap ticking C o arse material covering the s traw mat tress V ials B ottles R oaches C ockroaches P ants r abbits L ice , crabs S wamper C leaner G rey - back s L ice M y time M y pay T ick M attress cover B urned A ngry S table buck T he man who looks a fter the stable B rang B rought S kinner D river of a mule t eam T ook after S tarted a fight with P oop E nergy V est W aistcoat S tetson A cowboy hat A bum s teer F alse information B uckers L oader s R assel grain - bags W restle big bag o f grain P ut up L ift W hat you sellin ’ W hat is your inter est in this B uck L oad F lapper M outh H andy A good fighter T ake after P ick a fight with S craps F ights P unk A worthless person G ame brave S lough C ast off skin C anned S acked, fir ed S oli taire A ca rd game fo r one player P urty pretty S he got the eye S he ’s trying to seduce people P ant ’s i s full of ants R estle ss, uncomfortable J erkline skinner D river who can control a team of mules N o set up N ot a good place to be S ock P unch, hit T he can S a cked, fired P lug himsel f up M ake a reputation f or hims elf T race chains C hains for horses L et ’im hav e it H it hi m hard M ules H ouse s hoes, slippers B ridled L ifted her head J ail - bait T he sort of w oman who could send a man to prison T ake the rap G et the blame, suffer the consequences T wo bi ts 25 cents I n the poke saved P an gold S mall nuggets of gold A pocket A vein of gold T he whe elers butt T he side of a horse S lang G ave birth to I n heat R eady for sex