The Only Use
demure
in
Lord of the Flies
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- Each of them wore the remains of a black cap and ages ago they had stood in two demure rows and their voices had been the song of angels.†
p. 133.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(demure) modest, quiet, and shy; or pretending such in a playful way
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)