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What I Learned from Agatha Christie, Part 4: More Visual Vocabulary

March 7, 2023 Sarah Hinlicky Wilson

Lisle thread

My March 2023 issue of Theology & a Recipe deals with “Miss Marple’s Low Anthropology”… which was, of course, a transparent excuse for going back and re-reading all the Miss Marple stories and novels. And, as I’ve documented before, Agatha’s trickily plain prose once again expanded my visual vocabulary. Hence, these fruits of my re-reading for your enjoyment.

cromlech

kistvaen

trencher salts

Shetland shawl

lace fichu (worn around the neck)

Limerick Aubusson carpet

fascinator shawl (not to be confused with a fascinator hat, like British aristocratic ladies wear to royal weddings)

stratocruiser

fumed oak revolving bookcase

Dresden china shepherdess

lampblack

prim gate

Easton’s syrup, a nerve tonic made with strychnine… um, what??? Notice that the label literally says “sugar-coated poison.”

Ronuk, “the original floor polish”

charabanc

bowfronted façade

matinée coat

For Agatha fans only, check out my previous posts, “What I Learned from Agatha Christie, Part 1: Every Novel Is a Mystery Novel” and “What I Learned from Agatha Christie, Part 3: What Would Happen Thereafter.”

Tags Agatha Christie, novels, detective fiction
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