Both Uses of
manor
in
Bleak House
- 'Manor of Chesney Wold.'†
Chpt 25-27 *
- Mr. George stands looking at these boxes a long while—as if they were pictures—and comes back to the fire repeating, "Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, and Manor of Chesney Wold, hey?"†
Chpt 25-27
Definition:
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(manor) a large house of a wealthy person
or historically:
the main house of a lord and the land around it that was worked by tenant farmers