The Only Use of
parched
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.
p. 38.5parched = dry
Definition:
dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; or very thirsty