Both Uses of
provincial
in
Moby Dick
- For unless you own the whale, you are but a provincial and sentimentalist in Truth.†
Chpt 76-78 *
- But clear Truth is a thing for salamander giants only to encounter; how small the chances for the provincials then?†
Chpt 76-78
Definition:
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(provincial as in: provincial attitude) unsophisticated (meant disapprovingly to refer to old-fashioned or narrow-minded attitudes and ideas)