Both Uses of
hallmark
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- (He extends his portfolio) We have here damning evidence, the corpus delicti, my lord, a specimen of my maturer work disfigured by the hallmark of the beast.†
Chpt 15 *
- …the nuts with my teeth I wished I could have picked every morsel of that chicken out of my fingers it was so tasty and browned and as tender as anything only for I didnt want to eat everything on my plate those forks and fishslicers were hallmarked silver too I wish I had some I could easily have slipped a couple into my muff when I was playing with them then always hanging out of them for money in a restaurant for the bit you put down your throat we have to be thankful for our…†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(hallmark) a distinctive characteristic or attribute
or:
a mark on a sellable item to indicate its quality -- especially a mark used in some countries to indicate the purity of a precious metal