All 17 Uses of
proprietor
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- The proprietor, a sullen lanky man, sat in a chair on the porch.†
Chpt 16
- The gathering of men surrounded the proprietor.†
Chpt 16
- The proprietor dropped his front chair legs to the floor and leaned forward.†
Chpt 16
- " The proprietor said, "If you wanta pull in here an' camp it'll cost you four bits.†
Chpt 16
- Expression was gone from their faces; and their eyes, in the shadows under their hats, moved secretly up to the face of the proprietor.†
Chpt 16
- His dark eyes looked slowly up at the proprietor.†
Chpt 16
- The men stirred, changed positions, and their glittering eyes moved slowly upward to the mouth of the proprietor, and their eyes watched for his lips to move.†
Chpt 16
- " "Half a dollar a car," said the proprietor.†
Chpt 16
- " "He came in a car," said the proprietor.†
Chpt 16
- He looked at the proprietor.†
Chpt 16
- The hiss of the lantern dropped to a sigh and the proprietor lowered the front chair legs to the porch, stood up, and pumped the lantern until the hiss was sharp and high again.†
Chpt 16
- The proprietor leaned forward in his chair, the better to see the ragged dirty man.
Chpt 16 *proprietor = owner of a business
- "They's plenty of 'em," the proprietor said.†
Chpt 16
- " The proprietor said, "Prob'ly shif'less.†
Chpt 16
- The proprietor still sat in his chair, and the lantern hissed and flared.†
Chpt 16
- They heard it hit the house and saw the proprietor spring to his feet and peer into the darkness.†
Chpt 16
- The proprietor, a little gray man with an unkempt mustache and watery eyes, leaned on the counter reading a newspaper.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(proprietor) the owner of a business