Both Uses of
badger
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- By Hades, I will not have any client of mine gagged and badgered in this fashion by a pack of curs and laughing hyenas.†
Chpt 15 *
- A stout fox, drawn from covert, brush pointed, having buried his grandmother, runs swift for the open, brighteyed, seeking badger earth, under the leaves.†
Chpt 15 *
Definitions:
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(badger as in: badgered her until she agreed) to nag or bother someone repeatedly -- typically to repeatedly ask them to do something
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(badger as in: saw a badger) a type of mammal that digs tunnels with strong claws and is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere