Both Uses of
controversy
in
Sycamore Row
- The phone call from Booker Sistrunk had been a miracle, and Rufus leapt at the chance to plunge into some controversy.†
p. 230.4 *controversy = disagreement
- But no white homemaker would hire her as a housekeeper, not with her baggage and controversies.†
p. 404.7controversies = disagreements
Definition:
disagreement -- especially regarding a public issue that arouses strong feelings