All 5 Uses of
mercenary
in
Bleak House
- The more spirit there is in it, the better for mankind and the worse for those mercenary task-masters and low tricksters who delight in putting that illustrious art at a disadvantage in the world.†
Chpt 13-15
- Mercenary creatures ask, 'What is the use of a man's going to the North Pole?†
Chpt 16-18
- We are not so mercenary as that, sir.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- There is nothing mercenary in that with him.†
Chpt 43-45
- Next, our young friends begin to think, becoming mercenary, 'This is the man who HAD pounds, who borrowed them,' which I did.†
Chpt 61-63
Definition:
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(mercenary as in: a mercenary soldier) a person hired to fight for a country other than their own