The Outsiders: Ch.1/2

2. a strong, fine-textured cotton fabric, typically patterned with colorful stripes or checks.
6. frown in an angry or bad-tempered way.
9. (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something.
11. coerce or trick (someone) into a place or position or into doing something.
12. in a casually calm and relaxed manner.
13. the state or quality of being rare.

1. a lock of hair that grows in a direction different from the rest and that resists being combed flat.
3. (of a person) disorganized and lacking in concentration.
4. in a playfully mischievous way.
5. trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion.
6. shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments.
7. weep or cry noisily.
8. incapable of being fully explored or understood.
10. give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress.