Both Uses of
convention
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Besides, though taste latterly had deteriorated to a degree, original music like that, different from the conventional rut, would rapidly have a great vogue as it would be a decided novelty for Dublin's musical world after the usual hackneyed run of catchy tenor solos foisted on a confiding public by Ivan St Austell and Hilton St Just and their genus omne.†
Chpt 16 *conventional = normal or typical
- They would be just good friends like a big brother and sister without all that other in spite of the conventions of Society with a big ess.†
Chpt 13
Definitions:
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(1)
(convention as in: teacher's convention) a large conference or meeting
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(2)
(convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical
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(3)
(convention as in: The Geneva Convention) a written international agreement