All 3 Uses of
alloy
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- He felt much as an astronomer feels who has discovered a new planet—no doubt, as far as strong, deep, unalloyed pleasure is concerned, the advantage was with the boy, not the astronomer.†
Chpt 1
- His exaltation had but one alloy—the memory of his humiliation in this angel's garden—and that record in sand was fast washing out, under the waves of happiness that were sweeping over it now.†
Chpt 4 *
- If it had been Sid, she would have had no misgivings to alloy her delight; but since it was Tom, she watched the bottle clandestinely.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(alloy) a metal that consists of more than one element