Both Uses of
hoard
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- The rain was pelting down as they tried to put the luggage in the car; Uncle Alfred, in the role of their valet, was soaking wet—and since Simon and Noah had hoarded all the confetti for themselves, they were the only throwers.†
p. 126.9 *hoarded = gathered something valuable and stored it
- She possessed the nonspecific clumsiness of someone who makes such a constant effort to be inconspicuous that she is creatively awkward—without meaning to, Germaine hoarded attention to herself; her almost electric nervousness disturbed the atmosphere surrounding her.†
p. 192.3
Definition:
to gather something valuable and store it; or a collection of such things