Both Uses of
prevalent
in
Hard Times
- It is remarkable as showing the wide prevalence of this law, that among the natives of the British possessions in India, also in a considerable part of China, and among the Calmucks of Tartary, the best means of computation yet furnished us by travellers, yield similar results.†
Chpt 1.15
- Besides Mr. Bounderby's gold spoon which was generally received in Coketown, another prevalent fiction was very popular there.†
Chpt 2.1 *
Definition:
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(prevalent) encountered commonly