All 4 Uses of
remnant
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- His legs, too, were encased in coffin plates as though in armour; and over his left shoulder he wore a short dusky cloak, which seemed made of a remnant of some pall.†
Chpt 6 *
- Having adopted in its place a dirty cotton nightcap, and groped about in the dark till he found a remnant of candle, he knocked at the partition which divided the two garrets, and inquired, in a loud voice, whether Mr Noggs had a light.†
Chpt 14
- Smike had scraped a meal together from the remnant of last night's supper, and was anxiously awaiting his return.†
Chpt 16
- …to finish the work he had in hand, entered into a catalogue of that amiable gentleman's gallantries, deceptions, extravagances, and infidelities (especially the last), winding up with a protest against being supposed to entertain the smallest remnant of regard for him; and adducing, in proof of the altered state of her affections, the circumstance of his having poisoned himself in private no less than six times within the last fortnight, and her not having once interfered by word or…†
Chpt 44
Definition:
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(remnant) a small amount that remains after the rest is gone -- sometimes specifically of cloth