All 7 Uses of
kiosk
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- From where we stood I could see in the middle of the lake a large blank mass; it was the kiosk to which we were going.†
Chpt 77-78 *
- This kiosk appeared to me to be at a considerable distance, perhaps on account of the darkness of the night, which prevented any object from being more than partially discerned.†
Chpt 77-78
- — Ed. "It was towards this kiosk that we were rowing.†
Chpt 77-78
- He stood watch day and night with a lance provided with a lighted slowmatch in his hand, and he had orders to blow up everything—kiosk, guards, women, gold, and Ali Tepelini himself—at the first signal given by my father.†
Chpt 77-78
- She prepared the iced water which he was in the habit of constantly drinking,—for since his sojourn at the kiosk he had been parched by the most violent fever,—after which she anointed his white beard with perfumed oil, and lighted his chibouque, which he sometimes smoked for hours together, quietly watching the wreaths of vapor that ascended in spiral clouds and gradually melted away in the surrounding atmosphere.†
Chpt 77-78
- During this time, in the kiosk at my father's feet, were seated twenty Palikares, concealed from view by an angle of the wall and watching with eager eyes the arrival of the boats.†
Chpt 77-78
- At this moment my mother seized me in her arms, and hurrying noiselessly along numerous turnings and windings known only to ourselves, she arrived at a private staircase of the kiosk, where was a scene of frightful tumult and confusion.†
Chpt 77-78
Definition:
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(kiosk) a very small area used as a store or to dispense information; or an interactive computer-driven self-service machine