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Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

So I slid out and slipped off up the road, and there warn't anybody at the church, except maybe a hog or two, for there warn't any lock on the door, and hogs likes a puncheon floor in summer-time because it's cool. (p. 107)
Use either context clues or an outside source to help you determine the meaning of the word in bold in the passage above.

rough
smooth log
carpeted
clean church

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Answer:

Smooth log

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just did it

User Mmirzadeh
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Answer:

Smooth log

Step-by-step explanation:

I would say the best answer is smooth log. From what I have gathered, a puncheon is like a spilt log/ slab of wood that is smooth on one side, and can be used for flooring or to make benches.

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