All 3 Uses of
inseparable
in
Moby Dick
- Enough, that when breakfast was over he withdrew like the rest into the public room, lighted his tomahawk-pipe, and was sitting there quietly digesting and smoking with his inseparable hat on, when I sallied out for a stroll.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- Queequeg was my own inseparable twin brother; nor could I any way get rid of the dangerous liabilities which the hempen bond entailed.†
Chpt 70-72
- This done, pole, iron, and rope—like the Three Fates—remained inseparable, and Ahab moodily stalked away with the weapon; the sound of his ivory leg, and the sound of the hickory pole, both hollowly ringing along every plank.†
Chpt 112-114
Definition:
not capable of being separated
or: people who and are almost always seen together -- usually close friends who like each other's company
or: people who and are almost always seen together -- usually close friends who like each other's company