The Outsiders Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. An area regarded as someone’s personal territory
  2. 3. To attack; assault
  3. 6. Cigarette
  4. 9. A knife with a blade that pops out when a button is pressed
  5. 12. Poorer than the middle class and the Socs; lived on the east side of town
  6. 13. A thick mass of tangled hair
  7. 14. To speak in a slow, lazy way
  8. 17. A popular sports car in the 1960’s
  9. 20. Arrogantly confident
  10. 21. Like, appreciate, or understand
  11. 22. A street fight between gangs
  12. 25. Cool, sharp; different from “tough”
  13. 27. Money
  14. 29. Prison
  15. 30. A hoodlum or thug
Down
  1. 1. A person’s mouth
  2. 4. A lightweight cotton fabric, typically with checkers or stripes
  3. 5. A clever or sarcastic comment
  4. 7. An important and influential person
  5. 8. Rich kids who lived on the west side of town
  6. 10. A phrase that means “give up”
  7. 11. A race between two or more cars over a short distance as a test of acceleration
  8. 15. Fun or enjoyment; thrills
  9. 16. A gun
  10. 18. A contest in which cowboys show their skill at riding horses, roping cows, etc.
  11. 19. Request a free ride; hitchhike
  12. 23. The dimensions or proportions of a person’s body
  13. 24. Term for woman, usually offensive
  14. 26. Slang name for police
  15. 28. A group of people who associate together