All 3 Uses of
badger
in
Great Expectations
- "Which I meantersay," cried Joe, "that if you come into my place bull-baiting and badgering me, come out!†
p. 150.3badgering = nagging or repeatedly bothering
- I drew Joe away, and he immediately became placable; merely stating to me, in an obliging manner and as a polite expostulatory notice to any one whom it might happen to concern, that he were not a going to be bull-baited and badgered in his own place.†
p. 150.5 *badgered = nagged or repeatedly bothered
- "I tell you what, young fellow," said she, "I didn't bring you up by hand to badger people's lives out.†
p. 13.2 *
Definitions:
-
(1)
(badger as in: badgered her until she agreed) to nag or bother someone repeatedly -- typically to repeatedly ask them to do something
-
(2)
(badger as in: saw a badger) a type of mammal that digs tunnels with strong claws and is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
-
(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Wisconsin is called the Badger State and its residents may be referred to as Badgers.