Key terms & definitions

Paid employment combined with responsibility for the bulk of domestic labour; also called the dual burden.

Applying different standards to comparable behaviour, such as excusing men’s sexual conduct while condemning women’s.

Applying different standards to comparable behaviour by different groups, such as judging women's sexual behaviour more harshly than men's.

Applying different standards to comparable behaviour by different people or groups.

The application of different standards to comparable behaviour by different groups, such as praising boys’ sexual experience while condemning girls for it.

Adding a second, parallel row of stitching to reinforce a seam.

A construction that combines two superlative forms, such as ‘most’ and an adjective ending in ‘-est’, to intensify emphasis.

A short, close-fitting jacket worn by men, made from materials ranging from wool and leather to expensive fabrics.

The combination of a rapidly connected sequence of events with references suggesting that a longer period has elapsed.

A wartime campaign calling for victory over the Axis powers overseas and victory over racial discrimination at home.

The wartime campaign seeking victory against fascism abroad and victory against racism at home.

Fabric with a double thickness, typically having a similar appearance on both sides and costing more than a comparable single-weight fabric.

The presentation of characters as mirrors of one another, using similarities and differences to reveal their qualities.

A workable mixture, usually made from flour and liquid, that can be kneaded, rolled or shaped.

Arranging tasks so that another job can be completed while a dish is cooking, cooling or resting.

A connection made from interlocking tapered tails and matching pins, which resist being pulled apart in the direction restrained by the tails.

A cylindrical length of timber used for components such as joint pins, pegs and axles.

A connection strengthened by wooden pins fitted into matching holes in the two components.

Without money or property to bring to a marriage. Belle describes herself as a dowerless girl when questioning whether Scrooge would still choose to marry her.

In the direction in which sediment is transported along the coast by longshore drift.

Transferring a digital file to a device so it can be accessed there.

Towards a river’s mouth, in the direction in which its water flows.

Property or money provided as part of a marriage settlement.

Money or property provided by a bride’s family as part of a marriage arrangement.

Money or property provided in connection with a marriage.

Compulsory recruitment into the armed forces; also called conscription.

A taper on the sides of a mould or former that allows the formed product to be removed more easily.

A resistive force exerted by a fluid, such as air or water, which acts against an object's motion through the fluid.

A resistive force that opposes an object's motion through a fluid. Air resistance is drag acting in air.

An alternative to hunting live animals in which hounds follow a scent laid by a person along a planned route.