All 3 Uses of
quaint
in
Gone with the Wind
- It was merely a quaint custom of the County that daughters only married into families who had lived in the South much longer than twenty-two years, had owned land and slaves and been addicted only to the fashionable vices during that time.†
Chpt 1.3
- You've known so few dyed-in-the-wool varmints in your sheltered life that my very difference holds a quaint charm for you.†
Chpt 3.19 *
- He loved her pertness, her high spirits and the quaint sweet manner she had of showing her love for him.†
Chpt 5.59
Definition:
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(quaint) unusual in an interesting or pleasing way -- especially when old-fashioned