All 6 Uses of
hamper
in
Gone with the Wind
- Love triumphed as he realized that it was enough for a girl to be sweet and gentle and beautiful, without having an education to hamper her charms, and he made swift answer: "The Borgias were Italians."†
Chpt 1.6
- Unhampered by matrimony or widowhood, they made vast inroads on the convalescents, and even the least attractive girls, Scarlett observed gloomily, had no difficulty in getting engaged.†
Chpt 2.8
- One wagon, ahead of the others, bore four stout negroes with axes to cut evergreens and drag down the vines, and the back of this wagon was piled high with napkin-covered hampers, split-oak baskets of lunch and a dozen watermelons.†
Chpt 2.9
- They just don't want to be hampered in making up to the officers, that's all.†
Chpt 2.9 *
- She started down the stairs, each step hampered by Wade's dragging hands and she said fiercely: "Turn me loose, Wade!†
Chpt 3.27
- They swarmed through the rooms, asking questions, opening closets, prodding clothes hampers, peering under beds.†
Chpt 4.37 *
Definitions:
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(hamper as in: hampered by) to hinder; i.e., slow down or cause problems for
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(hamper as in: laundry hamper) a container where things are stored