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Wiki: "Quartermain looked around at the railings, the boxes of geraniums, and the wicker rockers that he and the boy sat still in.
‘Appomattox. You ever heard of that?’
‘In school once.’
‘The thing is, which one is me, which one is you?’"

Word: "Douglas started to back away.
‘Don’t back off, son,’ said Grandpa. ‘I’m not royalty. Just turn around and skedaddle.’
‘Skedaddle. Was that originally French, Grampa?’
‘Hell.’ The old man reached for a book. ‘When you get back, let’s look it up!’"

1. to move or run away quickly

Word: "Now we gotta figure the first sock-dolager thing to do."

1. a hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow
2. something exceptional, a whopper