petitions, letters

a petition writer, a scrivener, a notary

show extreme ill-temper

be very angry, be surly, pounce upon

a narcotic den where addicts gather, an unkempt, disorderly place, house or room

chamberlain, steward

fall on one's back

house or hall for physical exercise, gymnasium

respond or react with violent anger

a house where people smoke

slaughterhouse, abattoir, butchery

expenditure exceeds the income

weak personality can have no hearing

waste-yard, junkyard, room where scrap or junk is stored, lumber-room

aviary, zoo

garage, carriage house

warden or superintendent of jail

officer in charge of artillery

an idle person

an enemy under the semblance of a friend

torture chamber

husband who lives off his wife's income

(met.) a person whose appeal is not heard

devour food hastily and greedily