Both Uses of
coup
in
Franny and Zooey
- Her married daughter, Boo Boo, had intimated that it might have to be given a coup de grace with a blunt instrument before it was laid away in a wastebasket.
Chpt 2.2 *coup de grace = deathblow
- Mr. Glass's perhaps most inspired coup as a decorator was manifest just behind and above the couch where young Franny Glass was now sleeping.†
Chpt 2.3 *