Both Uses of
delicacy
in
Main Street
- From them a stink of stale beer, and thick voices bellowing pidgin German or trolling out dirty songs—vice gone feeble and unenterprising and dull—the delicacy of a mining-camp minus its vigor.†
Chpt 4
- With surprising delicacy in his large fingers he unwrapped the towels and revealed an arm which, below the elbow, was a mass of blood and raw flesh.†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
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(delicacy as in: eat the delicacy) something that is rare or expensive -- usually a prized food