The Only Use of
inveterate
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- But Winfield was still a trifle of a snot-nose, a little of a brooder back of the barn, and an inveterate collector and smoker of snipes.3 And whereas Ruthie felt the might, the responsibility, and the dignity of her developing breasts, Winfield was kid-wild and calfish.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
habitual; or something of long standing