All 4 Uses of
mane
in
Animal Farm
- She took a place near the front and began flirting her white mane, hoping to draw attention to the red ribbons it was plaited with.†
p. 6.1mane = long coarse hair on an animal
- 'And shall I still be allowed to wear ribbons in my mane?' asked Mollie.†
p. 17.5
- Snowball also threw on to the fire the ribbons with which the horses' manes and tails had usually been decorated on market days.†
p. 21.2 *
- Without saying anything, she tugged gently at his mane and led him round to the end of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written.†
p. 134.4mane = long coarse hair on an animal
Definitions:
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(1)
(mane) long coarse hair such as that which grows around a lion's head or on the back of a horse's neck
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, mane can refer to long coarse hair on another animal; or even to a person's hair.