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characteristic of rural life; simple without refined touches
- Here Diana met her, and the two little girls went on up the lane under the leafy arch of maples—"maples are such sociable trees," said Anne; "they're always rustling and whispering to you"—until they came to a rustic bridge.Chapter 15 — A Tempest in the School Teapot (8% in)
- The stout lady occasionally turned her head squarely around and surveyed Anne through her eyeglasses until Anne, acutely sensitive of being so scrutinized, felt that she must scream aloud; and the white-lace girl kept talking audibly to her next neighbor about the "country bumpkins" and "rustic belles" in the audience, languidly anticipating "such fun" from the displays of local talent on the program.Chapter 33 — The Hotel Concert (57% in)
- Perhaps, like the white-lace girl, they anticipated amusement from her "rustic" efforts.Chapter 33 — The Hotel Concert (67% in)
There are no more uses of "rustic" in Anne Of Green Gables.
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