Both Uses of
horde
in
Gone with the Wind
- Why should she feed this horde of hungry men?†
Chpt 3.30 *
- Many loyal field hands also refused to avail themselves of the new freedom, but the hordes of "trashy free issue niggers," who were causing most of the trouble, were drawn largely from the field-hand class.†
Chpt 4.37
Definition:
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(horde) a very large number -- typically of people or animals/insects on the move