Both Uses of
mane
in
In Cold Blood
- It was Nancy's Babe, the obedient old dappled mare with flaxen mane and dark-purple eyes like magnificent pansy blossoms.†
Chpt 3 *mane = long coarse hair on an animal
- Clutching her mane, Bobby rubbed his cheek along Babe's neck-something Nancy used to do.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(mane) long coarse hair such as that which grows around a lion's head or on the back of a horse's neck
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, mane can refer to long coarse hair on another animal; or even to a person's hair.