All 3 Uses of
Babylon
in
Carrie, by Stephen King
- I don't know what Margaret White said to finally push her over the edge-called me the Whore of Babylon, I suppose-but my mother told her our yard was our yard and I'd go out and dance the hootchie-kootchie buck naked if that was her pleasure and mine.†
Babylon = ancient city
- I started to feel like the Whore of Babylon myself.†
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- She was in some old housedress with the hem falling down in back, and I was in my Whore of Babylon two-piece swimsuit.†
Definition:
important city of ancient Mesopotamia; on the Euphrates near modern-day Baghdad
Babylon no longer exists as a city. Some have identified it as largest city in the world from c. 1770 to 1670 BC, and again between c. 612 and 320 BC. It was perhaps the first city to reach a population above 200,000.
It is also famous for "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon" -- one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
It is also famous for "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon" -- one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.