The Only Use of
William the Conqueror
in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- …of the pies in the wash-pan—afraid the solder would melt; but Uncle Silas he had a noble brass warming-pan which he thought considerable of, because it belonged to one of his ancesters with a long wooden handle that come over from England with William the Conqueror in the Mayflower or one of them early ships and was hid away up garret with a lot of other old pots and things that was valuable, not on account of being any account, because they warn't, but on account of them being…†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(William the Conqueror) first Norman to be King of England after winning the battle of Hastings in 1066 (1027-1087)