All 3 Uses of
specimen
in
Dracula
- Thomas and his wife are hospitable folk, elderly, and without children, and if the specimen I enjoyed of their hospitality be of the average kind, their lives must be pretty comfortable.†
p. 147.1specimen = an example regarded as typical of its class
- "Out of so many harmless ones," he said, "there may be some wild specimen from the South of a more malignant species.†
p. 208.7 *
- After reading his account of it I was prepared to meet a good specimen of manhood, but hardly the quiet, businesslike gentleman who came here today.†
p. 239.9
Definition:
an example thought to represent its type; or a bit of tissue, blood, or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes