The Only Use
New World
in
Great Expectations
(Edited)
- "I've been a sheep-farmer, stock-breeder, other trades besides, away in the new world," said he; "many a thousand mile of stormy water off from this."
p. 338.2New World = the Americas (North, South, and Central with nearby islands) (also known as the Western Hemisphere -- which was new to Europe in the 16th century)
Definitions:
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(1)
(New World as in: Columbus's voyage to the New World) the Americas (North, South, and Central with nearby islands) (also known as the Western Hemisphere -- which was new to Europe in the 16th century)
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(2)
(meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus) More commonly, new world can refer to the non-specific meaning of the most basic sense of the words.