The Only Use of
gamut
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Accordingly, the forger was put to Death; the utterer of a bad note was put to Death; the unlawful opener of a letter was put to Death; the purloiner of forty shillings and sixpence was put to Death; the holder of a horse at Tellson's door, who made off with it, was put to Death; the coiner of a bad shilling was put to Death; the sounders of three-fourths of the notes in the whole gamut of Crime, were put to Death.†
Chpt 2.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(gamut) the whole range of something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Gamut can also be used more specifically to indicate the entire scale of musical notes.