The Only Use of
excursion
in
Fahrenheit 451
- He tried to piece it all together, to go back to the normal pattern of life a few short days ago before the sieve and the sand, Denham's Dentifrice, moth voices, fireflies, the alarms and excursions, too much for a few short days, too much, indeed, for a lifetime.
p. 117..0excursions = temporary side-trips taken from the path of the main journey
Definition:
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(excursion) a short journey taken for pleasure
or:
a digression from the main path of a journey