Both Uses
parry
in
Oliver Twist
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- 'Why, do you think?' inquired Fagin, parrying the question.†
Chpt 20 *
- 'He my husband!' tittered the matron, parrying the question.†
Chpt 38
Definitions:
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(1)
(parry) to block or deflect an attack; or to avoid answering something by responding cleverly or indirectly
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)