The Only Use
detract
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
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- The jail was Maycomb's only conversation piece: its detractors said it looked like a Victorian privy; its supporters said it gave the town a good solid respectable look, and no stranger would ever suspect that it was full of niggers.†
p. 171.1detractors = people who diminishes (reduces the value of something)
Definitions:
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(1)
(detract) to diminish (reduce the value of something)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)