Both Uses of
detach
in
David Copperfield
- All day long, and until seven or eight in the evening, Mr. Mell, at his own detached desk in the schoolroom, worked hard with pen, ink, ruler, books, and writingpaper, making out the bills (as I found) for last half-year.†
Chpt 4-6
- This baby was one of twins; and I may remark here that I hardly ever, in all my experience of the family, saw both the twins detached from Mrs. Micawber at the same time.†
Chpt 10-12 *
Definition:
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(detach) to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)