All 7 Uses of
salutation
in
Oliver Twist
- Now, Mr. Bumble was a fat man, and a choleric; so, instead of responding to this open-hearted salutation in a kindred spirit, he gave the little wicket a tremendous shake, and then bestowed upon it a kick which could have emanated from no leg but a beadle's.†
Chpt 2
- The old lady smilingly returned his salutation, and, closing the door, went back to her own room.†
Chpt 14 *
- He merely returned their salutations with a wave of his hand, and relaxed not in his dignified pace, until he reached the farm where Mrs. Mann tended the infant paupers with parochial care.†
Chpt 17
- He replied to their salutations in the same way; but bestowed no closer recognition until he reached the further end of the alley; when he stopped, to address a salesman of small stature, who had squeezed as much of his person into a child's chair as the chair would hold, and was smoking a pipe at his warehouse door.†
Chpt 26
- The former now held out his hand to Harry Maylie; and hearty salutations were exchanged between them.†
Chpt 34
- He eyed Bumble askance, as he entered, but scarcely deigned to nod his head in acknowledgment of his salutation.†
Chpt 37
- This salutation was addressed to Mr. Brownlow, who had stepped up to within a short distance of the respectable couple.†
Chpt 51
Definition:
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(salutation) a greeting -- such as "Hi", "Dear John:", or "Ladies and Gentlemen"
or:
the act of greeting