The Case of the Missing Treasure by Robin Stevens

Author:Robin Stevens
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780241356159
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2018-07-18T16:00:00+00:00

Hazel’s Guide to the British Museum

I’ve read through Daisy’s account of our case. There are some words that I think might be confusing for readers who do not know England as well as Daisy does, and so I have created this guide. Daisy says it is not necessary, but Daisy does not know everything (Yes I do! – Daisy), and so I have done it anyway.

Alias – a word for a false name used by someone to hide their identity.

Arnica – a plant that can be turned into a cream to help with cuts and bruises.

Artefact – a precious, ancient object in a museum.

Black Maria – a police van that takes criminals to prison.

Bolster – a long thick roll-shaped pillow that goes behind the other pillows on a bed. If you stuff it down the length of a bed, not across it, you can make it look as though someone is still sleeping in the bed.

Bunkum – a word meaning nonsense.

Charwoman – another word for a cleaning woman.

Chump – one of Daisy’s favourite words, which means idiot.

Curator – someone who looks after objects in a museum.

Doggerel – poetry or verse that is badly written, sometimes on purpose.

Exeat – a long weekend when schoolchildren are allowed to leave their school and go visit family or friends.

Keeper – a special British Museum word for curator.

Latitude – imaginary lines around the globe showing how far north or south a place is from the Equator.

Longitude – imaginary lines around the globe showing how far east or west a place is from the Meridian line in Greenwich, London.

Monocle – a sort of round eyeglass that you squeeze into place over one eye.

Pinny – an apron.

Reading Room – a place in the British Museum where scholars can sit and read any book that has ever been published in England. It sounds like heaven.

Shilling – twelve pence. There are twenty shillings in a pound.

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