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Agg
a) To cut clumsily
b) The shape of a buckle
c) An apple dumpling
Berry-Moucher
a) Sulky
b) A truant
c) To press heavily
Cocky-Warny
a) Leap frog
b) Unbalanced
c) A kind of flat bread
Deedy
a) Busy
b) Decayed vegetables
c) Twilight
Eass
a) An earthworm
b) An anthill
c) Ash leaves
Flare
a) Frozen
b) Pig’s fat
c) A good deal
Griggles
a) Small apples
b) Mocking
c) Excitement
Hicketty
a) Narrow strip of land beside a river
b) Derelict
c) Coughing
Iron Pear
a) Homemade fiddle
b) White beam tree
c) Bellows
Jobbet
a) A small load
b) Freshwater fish
c) To quarrel
Kecker
a) An area of land
b) The windpipe
c) A pea pod
Loppetty
a) Sound of trickling water
b) To run like a hare
c) Weak
Mizzy-mazey
a) The floor of a threshing barn
b) Confused
c) A scarecrow
Nunny-fudging
a) Nonsense
b) Blackberry picking
c) Dawdling
Oddy
a) Strong
b) Now and agai
c) Apple peelings
Payze
a) To raise by a lever
b) Wallflowers
c) A thick pastry
Quiddle
a) To crouch down
b) A muddy pond
c) A fussy person
Rawmouse
a) A sieve
b) Very hungry
c) A bat
Stoach
a) To plant potatoes
b) A jackdaw
c) Stirring liquids
Ting-tang
a) A lunchbox
b) A type of toadstool
c) A small church bell
Unked
a) Mis-shapened
b) Lonely
c) Thrown
Vag
a) To reap crops
b) A flea
c) Tell stories
Whippence
a) Part of a plough or harrow
b) Bindweed
c) A smack on the leg
Yuckel
a) A woodpecker
b) A slice of cheese
c) A two wheeled cart
Zammy
a) Well mixed animal feed
b) A simpleton
c) Cooked over a slow fire