Both Uses
hobbled
in
Nation, by Terry Pratchett
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- When the old woman hobbled across with half an oyster shell, Cahle said: "You must lick up what is on the shell and lie back.†
Chpt 8.
- Mau was waiting, a glint in his eye, when Ataba hobbled up.†
Chpt 10. *
Definitions:
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(1)
(hobbled as in: she hobbled up the hill) walked with difficulty (due to injury or physical impediment)
or:
hindered (made the action or progress of something difficult) -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Hobble originally referred to tying together two legs of horses or cattle, so they would not wander far away.