Both Uses of
quaint
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- A face habitually suppressed and quieted, was still lighted up under the quaint wig by a pair of moist bright eyes that it must have cost their owner, in years gone by, some pains to drill to the composed and reserved expression of Tellson's Bank.†
Chpt 1.4
- A quainter corner than the corner where the Doctor lived, was not to be found in London.†
Chpt 2.6 *
Definition:
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(quaint) unusual in an interesting or pleasing way -- especially when old-fashioned