All 5 Uses of
frayed
in
Crime and Punishment
- But there seemed to be nothing, no trace, except in one place, where some thick drops of congealed blood were clinging to the frayed edge of his trousers.†
Chpt 2.1
- He picked up a big claspknife and cut off the frayed threads.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- The frayed rags he had cut off his trousers were actually lying on the floor in the middle of the room, where anyone coming in would see them!†
Chpt 2.1
- He went to the stove, opened it and began rummaging in the ashes; the frayed edges of his trousers and the rags cut off his pocket were lying there just as he had thrown them.†
Chpt 2.3
- It needed the utmost delicacy, the greatest nicety, but she has managed things so that that fool, that conceited baggage, that provincial nonentity, simply because she is the widow of a major, and has come to try and get a pension and to fray out her skirts in the government offices, because at fifty she paints her face (everybody knows it)…. a creature like that did not think fit to come, and has not even answered the invitation, which the most ordinary good manners required!†
Chpt 5.2
Definition:
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(frayed as in: frayed cloth) showing wear with threads beginning to separate or hang loose