Both Uses of
spurn
in
Catch-22
- Like all the other officers at Group Headquarters except Major Danby, Colonel Cathcart was infused with the democratic spirit: he believed that all men were created equal, and he therefore spurned all men outside Group Headquarters with equal fervor.†
Chpt 6 *
- But to abandon Orr's tent would be to abandon Orr, who would have been spurned and humiliated clannishly by these four simple-minded officers waiting to move in.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(spurn) reject as not good enough