All 4 Uses of
tether
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Nearing the end of his tether now.†
Chpt 7 *
- He worms down through a coalhole, his brown habit trailing its tether over rattling pebbles.†
Chpt 15
- And there he was at the end of his tether after having often painted the town tolerably pink without a beggarly stiver.†
Chpt 16
- The horse having reached the end of his tether, so to speak, halted and, rearing high a proud feathering tail, added his quota by letting fall on the floor which the brush would soon brush up and polish, three smoking globes of turds.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(tether) to tie so as to limit the boundaries of movement; or the rope or other material used to do the tying