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This is an list of appearances of various words, phrases, characters and themes in Riddley Walker. Page numbers are from the Expanded Edition. Underlined page numbers are links to the annotations.

When the spelling of a word in the book is only slightly altered, this list uses the standard spelling instead. The "Riddleyspeak" spelling is shown for words and phrases that may be particularly hard to decipher or that don't have a single direct translation. These will generally have at least one linked annotation about their meanings, so you can use the index and the annotations together as a glossary.

A

Abel, see Goodparley, Abel

Addom, or Littl Shyning Man, 40-41, 51, 53, 100, 146, 149, 152, 158, 166, 183, 188, 192

in Eusa Story, 30-36, 144

in Eusa show, 49-50, 58, 206

Goodparley as, 113, 130, 175

alder, 1, 4, 150, 170, 184, 186, 207

aulder kincher, 4, 207

see also notes on Bran

Ardship (of Cambry), 5, 79-81, 143, 166, 173-178, 186, 198-200

hereditary role, 80, 84, 122

your own, 98-99, 158

see also Lissener

arga warga, 16, 20, 56, 76, 92, 93, 111, 120, 135, 149

arms, 25, 31, 32, 130, 146, 174

arper sit, 69, 176, 179

arrows, 67-68, 105

Aunty, 3, 24, 68, 79, 90-93, 98

see also notes on Diana and Aunty

axel rating, 90, 96

B

back way back, 17, 20, 46-47, 78, 91, 125

Bad Time, 2, 24, 33, 46, 50, 52, 81, 91, 121, 125, 196, 209, 211

bailey, 210

balls, 34, 48, 67, 98, 127, 172, 206, 213

belly, 42, 55, 180-181, 203

Belnot, see Phist, Belnot

Bessup, Reckman, 12-13, 15, 22

Big Man, 9, 30, 56, 60, 93, 190, 209, 214, 219

Big Old Father, 158

Big 2, 28, 38, 55

birth, 7, 19, 79, 101, 131, 158, 159

blips, blipful, 13, 21, 23, 31, 40-41, 43, 80, 89, 96, 120, 124, 128, 180, 202

Blobs yer nunkel, 89

boats, 33, 58, 103-105, 183, 203

in the air, 19, 23, 30, 41, 48, 100, 125, 199

boy, 33, 103, 130, 141, 150, 153, 185

sexual role, 142, 158

Brooder, see Walker, Brooder

burning, 2, 4, 22, 69, 91, 130, 148, 161

bytin, bit, 31, 101

C

cannibalism, 3, 32-33, 136

capitalized words, see

Bad Time

Big Old Father

Inner G

Luck

Master Chaynjis

No.

1 Big 1

1 Littl 1

Plomercy

Power

Trubba

Chalker, see Marchman, Chalker

charcoal, 2, 4, 186, 189

see also notes on charcoal

charcoal burners, 1, 151, 153, 184-191, 196, 200

chemistery and fizzics, 127-129, 144-145, 155, 201, 205

chopping, 5, 79, 178

clever, cleverness, 3-4, 13, 18, 25, 30, 80-81, 91, 118, 188, 211

see also Mr Clevver

cloth, 4, 44, 56, 61-62, 167, 173, 187, 204

cock, 34, 68, 159, 192, 206, 213

comping station, 11, 15

connexion, 12, 22, 24, 38, 42-43, 55-56, 62, 63, 108, 128, 140, 166, 204

connexion man, 12, 14, 22, 29, 38, 41-42, 53, 204, 214

cow shit, 14, 38, 60, 64, 74, 94, 98

crooked, crookedness, 19, 72, 80-81, 174, 191, 215, 209, 212, 219-220

crow, 10, 27, 125, 154-155, 207

Crunchman, Fister, 9, 63-66, 68, 71, 89, 114

cunt, 17, 145, 159

D

datter, 48, 156, 202, 207, 210, 219

deacon terminations, 141

dead towns, 14, 17, 96, 121, 157, 159

   see also places 

Deaper, see Flinter, Deaper

deaths

wild boar, 1

child, 3

Brooder Walker, 10, 15

stillborn baby, 12

spotted dog, 13

Riddley's mother, 15

Follery Digman, 21

Addom, 32

people of Littl Salting, 56

Durster Potter, 67

Keaper, 77

Eusa, 81, 121

seagull, 83

bloke who got on top of Aunty, 93

Riddley's old friends, 97

man in boat, 104

Goodparley's family, 131

Pooty, baby, Jack Ketch, Mr On the Levvil, 136-138

Phist, 147

Granser and Goodparley, 194

Lissener and Eusa folk, 200

Drop John, 137, 139

Durster, see Potter, Durster

dyers, 4, 153, 188-190, 200