All 5 Uses of
domestic
in
This Side of Paradise
- They had decided that with economy they could still afford the apartment, which Tom, with the domesticity of an elderly cat, had grown fond of.†
Chpt 2.2 *
- They rejoiced, for she was a brave raconteuse, but many were the keys turned in sideboard locks that night against the possible defection of little Bobby or Barbara.... These domestic pilgrimages were invariably in state; two maids, the private car, or Mr. Blaine when available, and very often a physician.†
Chpt 1.1
- I warned you in my last that the lack of money to do the things one wants to makes one quite prosy and domestic, but there is still plenty for everything if we are not too extravagant.†
Chpt 1.3
- Here is what he had written: "Songs in the time of order You left for us to sing, Proofs with excluded middles, Answers to life in rhyme, Keys of the prison warder And ancient bells to ring, Time was the end of riddles, We were the end of time... Here were domestic oceans And a sky that we might reach, Guns and a guarded border, Gantlets—but not to fling, Thousands of old emotions And a platitude for each, Songs in the time of order— And tongues, that we might sing."†
Chpt 1.4
- I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in love and growing domestic.†
Chpt 1.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(domestic as in: the domestic market) relating to a home country
or (much more rarely,): relating to a geographic area that is smaller than a country -
(2)
(domestic as in: domestic happiness) relating to a home or family
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(3)
(domestic animal as in: a domestic animal like a dog) referring to animals kept as pets or for ranching
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Domestics refers to a household servants. (Rarely, domestic refers to a single household servant.)