The Only Use of
New World
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- He said the Cunninghams hadn't taken anything from or off of anybody since they migrated to the New World.
p. 254.3New World = the Western Hemisphere (the Americas)
Definitions:
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(1)
(New World as in: Columbus's voyage to the New World) the Americas (North, South, and Central with nearby islands) (also known as the Western Hemisphere -- which was new to Europe in the 16th century)
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
More commonly, new world can refer to the non-specific meaning of the most basic sense of the words.