All 3 Uses of
legislature
in
Catch-22
- It made as much sense as anything else, and Yossarian was willing to give Orr the benefit of the doubt because Orr was from the wilderness outside New York City and knew so much more about wildlife than Yossarian did, and because Orr, unlike Yossarian's mother, father, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, in-law, teacher, spiritual leader, legislator, neighbor and newspaper, had never lied to him about anything crucial before.†
Chpt 5
- Then you can have a father in the state legislature and a sister who's engaged to a champion skier.†
Chpt 26 *
- It did not mean so much to have a father in the state legislature and a sister who was engaged to a champion skier.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(legislature) a group made up of government representatives (usually elected) that has the power to create laws