Vocabulary of a six-year old (1902) 2238 root words From: The Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Jan.1902 , pp. 1-13 Albert H. Yoder, Ed. "The Vocabulary of a Six-Year-Old Boy" Mrs. Winfield S. Hall recorded vocabulary of a specific six-year-old abdomen about absent accident accord ache acid acquainted across act action actually add admire advice afford afraid after afternoon afterwards again against age ah-ha ahead aim air alike alone all alley alligator allow allowance alright almost alone along also alto although always am amen amount amuse an and anchor angel anger angle angry animal another answer ant antelope anvil any anyplace anywhere apart appear apple apple-sauce appetite apron arch are ark arm around arrow art league as ask ashamed ash-box ashes ash-hat ashore ask asleep asters at atomizer attack attic aunt aurora automobile away awake awful awfully awakened ax axle baa baby baby-carriage back bacon bad badge badly badness bag bait bake baker balance bald ball balloon balloon-man banana band bang bank baptist baptize bar barber barbwire bare bargain bark n and v barn basement basket bass bat bath bathe bathing-suit bathroom bathtub battle bay bayonet be beach bead beak beans beanstalk bears n and v beard beat beautiful bee because bed bedroom bed-slipper bedtime beef beef-steak before beg beggar begin behave behind believe bell belongs belt berry berth best bet better bib bible bicycle bicycle-lamp bicycle-pants big bill birch-tree birch-bark bird birthday biscuit bit bite black blackberry blackboard blacksmith blacking blanket blind block v blood blow blower blue boat bones bonnet bony book book-case book-man boot bossy both bottle bottom bow bow v bow-wow bowl bowsprit box box-elder boy braid brain brake bread breakfast breakfast-food breeze bring broad broken broom brownie brush buckle bud bug buggy build bull bump burglar burr bush bushy busily business busy but butcher butter butterfly butter-man butter-toast buy buyer cabbage cage cape calendar calf call caller camel cambric-tea camp-chair can candle candlestick candy cane canoe cap cape capsized captain car carbarn carbon card care careless careful carefully carpenter cartridge carve carving-knife castoria cast cat catch catsup ceiling celery cellar cent centerboard certainly chain chair chalk change chart cheek cheese chefonier cherry cherry-tree chew chick chicken chicken-coop chicken-house chin child chloroform Christmas Christmas tree chock chocolate chocolate creams church circle clean clear clearly cliff climb clip clipper cloak clock close cloth clothes clothes-basket clothes-line clothes-pin closet cloud coal coal-car coarse coat coat-collar coat-tail cocoa coffee coffee-pot cold color collar college comb come comfort comforter comical comically comrade conduct conductor coo cook cookey cool corner cost cot cord cork corn corset cough count course cousin cover cow crack cracked cracker cracker-box cracker-jack cradle cranberry crawl crayon crazy cream creep crooked cross crossing crow crown cruel crumb cry cube cuff cup cupboard cure curls curtain curve cushion cut cuttings cyclone cylinder daddy daintily dainty damp damper dance dark darkness darling date 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law lawn lawn mower lay layer lazy lead lead-pencil leaf leafy leak lean learn least leather leave ledge left leg lemon lemonade length leopard less lesson let letter lettuce level library lick licorice lid lie life @@life saving station lift lighted light-house lightly like likely lily lilac limb lime line lining lint lion lip liquid listen lion little live liver lizard lobster lock log lonesome long look looking-glass lookout loom loop loose Lord lose lot lots lounge love lovely low ***lower-deck luck lucky lumber lump lump-sugar lungs ma macaroni machine machinery mad madam magazine magnify magnifying glass maid maiden mail main mainmast mainsail major make maker malted-milk mamma man manage mane manger manly mantel many manure map maple mar marble March march mark market marmalade marry mason mast master mat match mate matter mattress May meddle medical medicine medicine chest meek meet meeting melon melt mend mention mercy merry metal Methodist mew middle midnight might mild mile 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