Both Uses of
specimen
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- Look, Nastasya, here are two specimens of headgear: this Palmerston"—he took from the corner Raskolnikov's old, battered hat, which for some unknown reason, he called a Palmerston—"or this jewel!†
Chpt 2.3 *specimens = examples regarded as typical of their class
- He is the most depraved, and abjectly vicious specimen of that class of men.†
Chpt 4.2specimen = an example regarded as typical of its class
Definition:
an example thought to represent its type; or a bit of tissue, blood, or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes