All 3 Uses of
remnant
in
Washington Square
- There were portions left over, light remnants and snippets of irony, which she never knew what to do with, which seemed too delicate for her own use; and yet Catherine, lamenting the limitations of her understanding, felt that they were too valuable to waste and had a belief that if they passed over her head they yet contributed to the general sum of human wisdom.†
Chpt 4
- "I am living on the remnants of my property," said Morris Townsend.†
Chpt 12 *
- It seemed to her now that she could marry him without the remnant of a scruple or a single tremor save those that belonged to joy.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(remnant) a small amount that remains after the rest is gone -- sometimes specifically of cloth