Both Uses of
sully
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- 'MY DEAR MR PUGSTYLES, 'Next to the welfare of our beloved island—this great and free and happy country, whose powers and resources are, I sincerely believe, illimitable—I value that noble independence which is an Englishman's proudest boast, and which I fondly hope to bequeath to my children, untarnished and unsullied.†
Chpt 16
- How or by what means—for I scorn to sully her cause by falsehood or deceit—I do not know; at present I do not know, but I am not alone or single-handed in this business.†
Chpt 53 *
Definition:
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(sully as in: sully her reputation) to spoil or cast doubt upon a reputation -- especially one that was previously unblemished