Both Uses of
spartan
in
In Cold Blood
- Mr. Clutter enjoyed the chore, and was excellent at it-no woman in Kansas baked a better loaf of salt-rising bread, and his celebrated coconut cookies were the first item to go at charity cake sales-but he was not a hearty eater; unlike his fellow ranchers, he even preferred Spartan breakfasts.†
Chpt 1 *
- The pioneers who founded Garden City were necessarily a Spartan people, but when the time came to establish a formal cemetery, they were determined, despite arid soil and the troubles of transporting water, to create a rich contrast to the dusty streets, the austere plains.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
practicing self-denial in matters of comfort