Both Uses of
pantomime
in
Oliver Twist
- A young woman stumbled over a bit last night, and fell against my garden-railings; directly she got up I saw her look towards his infernal red lamp with the pantomime-light.†
Chpt 14 *
- As he said it, Master Bates caught up an end of his neckerchief; and, holding it erect in the air, dropped his head on his shoulder, and jerked a curious sound through his teeth; thereby indicating, by a lively pantomimic representation, that scragging and hanging were one and the same thing.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(pantomime) a performance or expression of something through gestures and body movements without words