brougham - a light closed carriage.
vicarage - a vicars home.
obsequious - obedient, ready.
salaams - respectful, deep bows.
scullery-maid - a maid who washes dishes, pots and pans.
tracts - religious leaflets.
treacle - molasses.
mabouts - drivers.
moithered - overworked.
planquins - small enclosed carriages.
tuppence - two pence (cents)
rheumatics - arthritis.
nesh - soft; sheltered.
missel thrush - bird that feeds on berries.
hindustani - a language of northern and central India.
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