Both Uses of
detract
in
Gone with the Wind
- Naturally, Pork and Dilcey and Mammy gave vent to loud guffaws at hearing the detractor of their beloved Tara set at naught.†
Chpt 3.30 *
- During the weeks that followed her surprise party, while Rhett was mysteriously absent and the town in a frenzied state of gossip, excitement and partisanship, she gave no quarter to Scarlett's detractors, whether they were her old friends or her blood kin.†
Chpt 5.55
Definition:
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(detract) to diminish (reduce the value of something)