All 3 Uses of
transient
in
The Bean Trees
- Lou Ann crossed the park in a hurry, skirting around an old wooden trellis where several transients were congregating.†
Chpt 2.
- There must be transients in the bird world too, rumple-feathered outcasts that naturally seek out each other's company in inferior and dying trees.
Chpt 10. *transients = people who stay for only a short time
- I was beginning to form the opinion that Oklahomans were as transient a bunch as the people back home who slept on grass-flecked bedrolls in Roosevelt Park.†
Chpt 17.
Definition:
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(transient) lasting a short time
or:
one who stays for only a short time