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quick and agile — typically physically, but can also reference quick, agile thinking
(someone who is agile does things easily)
(someone who is agile does things easily)
- But Maycomb would have been closer to the river had it not been for the nimble-wittedness of one Sinkfield, who in the dawn of history operated an inn where two pig-trails met, the only tavern in the territory.p. 173.6
nimble = quick and smart
(editor's note: Lee is being ironic. She is actually saying it was not smart to build so far from the river.)
(editor's note: Lee is being ironic. She is actually saying it was not smart to build so far from the river.)
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