All 5 Uses of
capital
in
Dubliners
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Of course, the investment was a good one and Segouin had managed to give the impression that it was by a favour of friendship the mite of Irish money was to be included in the capital of the concern.†
Chpt 5
- That night the city wore the mask of a capital.†
Chpt 5
- What we want in thus country, as I said to old Ward, is capital.†
Chpt 12
- It's capital we want."†
Chpt 12 *
- He had been told that celery was a capital thing for the blood and he was just then under doctor's care.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Capital has many other senses including an uppercase letter (such as B in contrast to b); and anything that is more important than other similar things -- especially a city from which a nation is governed. Capital is often confused with capitol which is the building (or buildings) from which a nation is governed. See a comprehensive dictionary for other senses of capital.