Both Uses of
palate
in
Crime and Punishment
- She has a room at the Kapernaumovs' the tailors, she lodges with them; Kapernaumov is a lame man with a cleft palate and all of his numerous family have cleft palates too.†
Chpt 1.2
- Hm…. yes…. very poor people and all with cleft palates…. yes.†
Chpt 1.2 *
Definition:
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(palate as in: palate of the mouth) upper surface of the mouth
(Do not confuse this with the similarly spelled words with the same pronunciation--pallet and pallete.)