Both Uses of
carrion
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- On the slow weedy waterway he had floated on his raft coastward over Ireland drawn by a haulage rope past beds of reeds, over slime, mudchoked bottles, carrion dogs.†
Chpt 6 *
- The reverend Carrion Crow.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(carrion) the dead and rotting body of an animal; or (more rarely) animals that eat such flesh
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In archaic usage, carrion can refer to a despicable or worthless person.