Both Uses of
excursion
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- For all that, the two men put the greatest store by these excursions, counted them the chief jewel of each week, and not only set aside occasions of pleasure, but even resisted the calls of business, that they might enjoy them uninterrupted.†
p. 2..9
- When I would come back from these excursions, I was often plunged into a kind of wonder at my vicarious depravity.†
p. 91..4 *
Definition:
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(excursion) a short journey taken for pleasure
or:
a digression from the main path of a journey