All 3 Uses of
broach
in
Don Quixote
- The canon gazed at him, wondering at the extraordinary nature of his madness, and that in all his remarks and replies he should show such excellent sense, and only lose his stirrups, as has been already said, when the subject of chivalry was broached.†
Chpt 1.49-50broached = brought up a topic for discussion - especially an awkward topic
- Only yesterday she was always spinning flax, and used to go to mass with the tail of her petticoat over her head instead of a mantle, and there she goes to-day in a hooped gown with her broaches and airs, as if we didn't know her!'†
Chpt 2.5-6
- What have Cascajo, and the broaches and the proverbs and the airs, to do with what I say?†
Chpt 2.5-6 *
Definition:
bring up a topic for discussion - especially an awkward topic