All 3 Uses of
fawn
in
Great Expectations
- "It's not that," said he, "but she charged him, in the presence of her intended husband, with being disappointed in the hope of fawning upon her for his own advancement, and, if he were to go to her now, it would look true—even to him—and even to her."
Chpt 22fawning = showing excessive flattery or affection
- As a matter of course, they fawned upon me in my prosperity with the basest meanness.†
Chpt 25 *
- A spirit of contempt for the fawners and plotters.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(fawn as in: fawned all over her) showing excessive flattery or affection