All 3 Uses of
strait
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The strait she was in through pride and shrewishness could not be disguised longer: she burst out crying bitterly; they all saw it; and she attempted no further concealment.
Chpt 19-21 (definition 1)strait = difficult situation
- You know, too, that I can't go without putting things in such a strait as you wouldn't get out of I can't tell when.
Chpt 28-30 (definition 1) *strait = bad or difficult situation
- Such strait-waistcoating as you treat me to is not becoming in you at so early a date.†
Chpt 40-42 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (strait as in: put her in a tough strait) a bad or difficult situation
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(2) (strait as in: Strait of Hormuz) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water