Both Uses of
potable
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- I am living proof that the waters of Loveless Lake are potable because I swallowed half the lake every summer while waterskiing with my cousins.†
p. 56.5potable = suitable for drinking
- Uncle Alfred insists that Loveless Lake is 'potable'—he says we have swallowed so much of it, we would be dead if it weren't.†
p. 433.2 *