All 3 Uses of
precarious
in
Winter Dreams
- his father, prospering now, would have paid his way--for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the East, where he was bothered by his scanty funds.
p. 4..1 *precarious = unsure
- All about him rich men's sons were peddling bonds precariously, or investing patrimonies precariously, or plodding through the two dozen volumes of the "George Washington Commercial Course," but Dexter borrowed a thousand dollars on his college 4. degree and his confident mouth, and bought a partnership in a laundry.†
p. 4..4
- All about him rich men's sons were peddling bonds precariously, or investing patrimonies precariously, or plodding through the two dozen volumes of the "George Washington Commercial Course," but Dexter borrowed a thousand dollars on his college 4. degree and his confident mouth, and bought a partnership in a laundry.†
p. 4..4
Definition:
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(precarious) unsafe or in danger of getting worse -- especially in danger of falling