batty fang = a beating
kickerapoo = dead
land pirates = highway robbers
gutfoundered = very hungry
whapper = a big lie
nitsqueeger = a hairdresser
xantippe = an ill tempered wife
abbess = a nun
thornback = a spinster
barber-monger = a vain man
bleater = someone who complains a lot
brabble = to quarrel loudly
crapulous = the feeling of being too full
hugger-mugger = secretly
lettice-cap = a medical device like a hair net
pigarlik = a bald head
petty fogger = a dodgy lawyer
mumpsimus = the act of sticking to old mistaken beliefs about language and customs simply out of habit