Both Uses of
retort
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon me, and I on you.†
Chpt 8 *retorted = quickly replied
- The telegram which we eventually received came late one night just as I was thinking of turning in and Holmes was settling down to one of those all-night chemical researches which he frequently indulged in, when I would leave him stooping over a retort and a test-tube at night and find him in the same position when I came down to breakfast in the morning.†
Chpt 12retort = quickly reply
Definition:
a quick reply to a question or remark -- especially a witty or critical one