All 3 Uses of
fidget
in
Lonesome Dove
- It amused Augustus to watch Jake eat—he was so fastidious about it—but the sight put Call into a black fidget.†
Chpt 5-6 *fidget = make small restless movements
- They instantly stopped fidgeting and stood like statues.†
Chpt 77-78fidgeting = making small restless movements
- "Mary gets the fidgets if something ain't happening ever minute," Buf said.†
Chpt 85-86fidgets = makes small restless movements
Definitions:
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(1)
(fidget) to make small restless movements
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and usually in older literature), fidgets can reference a condition of restlessness irrespective of movements.