Both Uses
callous
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
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- His fingers were calloused, tough from the guitar.†
p. 299.6 *
- His fingertips were calloused from years of playing.†
p. 330.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(callous as in: callous indifference) heartless (cruel lack of concern for other's feelings)
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(2)
(callous as in: a thick callous) thickened skin that comes from rubbing as when having calluses on the hands from doing much work with a shovel
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)