Both Uses of
recluse
in
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- Such things weren't unheard of where I came from—a falling-down wreck on the edge of town, curtains permanently drawn, that would turn out to have been home to some ancient recluse who'd been surviving on ramen and toenail clippings since time immemorial, though no one realizes it until a property appraiser or an overly ambitious census taker barges in to find the poor soul returning to dust in a La-Z-Boy.†
p. 83.4recluse = someone withdrawn from society (living alone and avoiding contact)
- There was more left to explore, but suddenly it seemed like a waste of time; it was impossible that anyone could still be living here, even the most misanthropic recluse.†
p. 85.9 *