All 3 Uses of
carp
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- John Eglinton's carping voice asked.†
Chpt 9 *
- His look went from brooder's beard to carper's skull, to remind, to chide them not unkindly, then to the baldpink lollard costard, guiltless though maligned.†
Chpt 9
- JOHN EGLINTON: (Produces a greencapped dark lantern and flashes it towards a corner: with carping accent) Esthetics and cosmetics are for the boudoir.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(carp as in: carped incessantly) to repeatedly complain -- typically about unimportant things