All 7 Uses of
salutation
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- With this salutation Mr Squeers patted the heads of two hollow-eyed, small-boned little boys, whom the applicant had brought with him, and waited for further communications.†
Chpt 4 *
- …through the crowd that hurried up and down the streets, giving way to the press of people, and clinging closely to Ralph as though she feared to lose him in the throng; and how the stern and hard-featured man of business went doggedly on, elbowing the passengers aside, and now and then exchanging a gruff salutation with some passing acquaintance, who turned to look back upon his pretty charge, with looks expressive of surprise, and seemed to wonder at the ill-assorted companionship.†
Chpt 10
- But, pending the salutation, Miss Knag, who was tinged with curiosity, stepped accidentally behind the glass, and encountered the lively young lady's eye just at the very moment when she kissed the old lord; upon which the young lady, in a pouting manner, murmured something about 'an old thing,' and 'great impertinence,' and finished by darting a look of displeasure at Miss Knag, and smiling contemptuously.†
Chpt 18
- Mrs Nickleby was too much flurried by these uncommonly kind salutations, and her regrets at not having on her other bonnet, to make any immediate reply, so she merely continued to bend and smile, and betray great agitation.†
Chpt 26
- 'HOW do you do?' said the other gentleman, altering the emphasis, as if to give variety to the salutation.†
Chpt 27
- Quite forgetting even his hunger in the heartiness of his salutation, John Browdie shook Nicholas by the hand again and again, slapping his palm with great violence between each shake, to add warmth to the reception.†
Chpt 42
- 'I believe—' the young lady began, as she inclined her head with an air of some confusion, in reply to the salutation of Nicholas.†
Chpt 46
Definition:
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(salutation) a greeting -- such as "Hi", "Dear John:", or "Ladies and Gentlemen"
or:
the act of greeting