Both Uses of
belligerent
in
The Golden Apples
- it was more belligerent;
Story 2 *belligerent = hostile (as though eager to fight)
- Besides, though the cafeteria was economical and healthy, just now it had begun to be infested by those wiry, but unlucky, old men forever reading racing forms as they drank coffee; one particularly, in a belligerent pea-green sweater with yellow bands, seemed to change the whole tone of the place simply by always occupying the table anybody else would want.†
Story 6
Definition:
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(belligerent) hostile (the attitude of one eager to fight); or one already engaged in a fight or war