Both Uses of
foray
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- The gang made forays into the gardens of old maids or went down to the castle and fought a battle on the shaggy weed-grown rocks, coming home after it weary stragglers with the stale odours of the foreshore in their nostrils and the rank oils of the seawrack upon their hands and in their hair.†
Chpt 2
- The gang fell asunder and there were no more nightly forays or battles on the rocks.†
Chpt 2 *
Definition:
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(foray) a brief venture by a person or company that is different than the kinds of activities they usually do