Both Uses of
pedigree
in
The Remains of the Day
- I am sorry to say this, but there would appear to have been a number of houses in recent times, some of the highest pedigree, which have tended to take a competitive attitude towards each other and have not been above showing off to guests a butler's mastery of such trivial accomplishments.†
Chpt 1e -
- In fact, she seemed to think I was exaggerating the pedigree of this place.†
Chpt 2a - *
Definition:
the line of ancestors of an animal; or any background or history of a person or idea, showing origins and development