All 3 Uses of
novel
in
Hard Times
- Lastly, he was to wind them up by appearing in his favourite character of Mr. William Button, of Tooley Street, in 'the highly novel and laughable hippocomedietta of The Tailor's Journey to Brentford.'
Chpt 1.3 *novel = new and original
- Jem, rather taken by the novelty of the idea, and very hard up for a change, was as ready to 'go in' for statistics as for anything else.†
Chpt 2.2
- I so far go along with them for a novelty, that I'll have nothing to do with you either.'†
Chpt 2.5
Definition:
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(novel as in: a novel situation) new and original -- typically something considered good