Both Uses of
nimble
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The smoke at this corner was stifling, and Clark, a nimble fellow, having been handed a bucket of water, bathed Oak's face and sprinkled him generally, whilst Gabriel, now with a long beech-bough in one hand, in addition to his crook in the other, kept sweeping the stack and dislodging all fiery particles.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- They took me to Greenhill Fair, and into a great gay jerry-go-nimble show, where there were women-folk riding round—standing upon horses, with hardly anything on but their smocks; but it didn't cure me a morsel.†
Chpt 7-9
Definition:
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(nimble) quick and agile -- typically physically, but can also reference quick, agile thinking
(someone who is agile does things easily)