Both Uses of
attribute
in
Hard Times
- These attributes of Coketown were in the main inseparable from the work by which it was sustained; against them were to be set off, comforts of life which found their way all over the world, and elegancies of life which made, we will not ask how much of the fine lady, who could scarcely bear to hear the place mentioned.†
Chpt 1.5
- It was one of the most exasperating attributes of Bounderby, that he not only sang his own praises but stimulated other men to sing them.†
Chpt 1.7 *
Definition:
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(attribute as in: It is an attribute of...) a characteristic (of something or someone)