All 3 Uses of
beguile
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- But there was no harm in his way of saying this: it was said laughingly, and to beguile the time.†
Chpt 2.3 *
- Mr. Cruncher beguiled the earlier watches of the night with solitary pipes, and did not start upon his excursion until nearly one o'clock.†
Chpt 2.14
- Then, the miserable bakers' shops were beset by long files of them, patiently waiting to buy bad bread; and while they waited with stomachs faint and empty, they beguiled the time by embracing one another on the triumphs of the day, and achieving them again in gossip.†
Chpt 2.22
Definition:
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(beguile) to charm, enchant, or entertain someone; or to deceive -- especially through charm