The Only Use of
Carthage
in
Jane Eyre
- A strapper — a real strapper, Jane: big, brown, and buxom; with hair just such as the ladies of Carthage must have had.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(Carthage) an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 698 so Crusaders could not use it as a base of operations