All 5 Uses of
Cupid
in
Hard Times
- Made up with curls, wreaths, wings, white bismuth, and carmine, this hopeful young person soared into so pleasing a Cupid as to constitute the chief delight of the maternal part of the spectators; but in private, where his characteristics were a precocious cutaway coat and an extremely gruff voice, he became of the Turf, turfy.†
Chpt 1.6
- 'And when you have made it, you can keep it too, I should think,' said Cupid.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- Master Kidderminster was Cupid's mortal name.†
Chpt 1.6
- 'Lower yourself, then,' retorted Cupid.†
Chpt 1.6
- Master Kidderminster, grown too maturely turfy to be received by the wildest credulity as Cupid any more, had yielded to the invincible force of circumstances (and his beard), and, in the capacity of a man who made himself generally useful, presided on this occasion over the exchequer — having also a drum in reserve, on which to expend his leisure moments and superfluous forces.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(Cupid) Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love