All 23 Uses
fidget
in
Memoirs of a Geisha
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- She was old and cranky-looking, and I don't think you could ever meet anyone who fidgeted more.
p. 24.4 *fidgeted = made small restless movements
- When she wasn't smoothing her kimono, she was wiping something from the corner of her eye or scratching her nose, all the while sighing as though she felt very sorry there was so much fidgeting to be done.
p. 24.5fidgeting = making small restless movements
- I gave a little bow, to which Mrs. Fidget responded with a nod.†
p. 24.6fidget = make small restless movements
- Satsu still seemed unsure which of us Mrs. Fidget was addressing, so I answered for her.†
p. 24.7
- Mrs. Fidget began to examine her face, not only with her eyes but with her fingertips.†
p. 24.9
- Mrs. Fidget untied the peasant shirt Satsu was wearing and removed it.†
p. 25.3
- I'd certainly seen Satsu naked before, but the way Mrs. Fidget handled her body seemed even more indecent to me than when Satsu had held her bathing dress up for the Sugi boy.†
p. 25.4
- Then, as if she hadn't done enough already, Mrs. Fidget yanked Satsu's pants to the floor, looked her up and down, and turned her around facing front again.†
p. 25.5
- Mrs. Fidget took her by the shoulders and seated her on the platform.†
p. 25.6
- But she had no time to wonder about it either, for in an instant Mrs. Fidget had put her hands on Satsu's knees and spread them apart.†
p. 25.7
- I think Satsu must have resisted, for Mrs. Fidget gave a shout, and at the same moment I heard a loud slap, which was Mrs. Fidget smacking Satsu on the leg—as I could tell later from the red mark there.†
p. 25.8
- I think Satsu must have resisted, for Mrs. Fidget gave a shout, and at the same moment I heard a loud slap, which was Mrs. Fidget smacking Satsu on the leg—as I could tell later from the red mark there.†
p. 25.8
- In a moment Mrs. Fidget was done and told Satsu to put her clothes back on.†
p. 25.8
- Next, Mrs. Fidget came straight at me, and in a moment my own pants were down around my knees, and my shirt was taken off me just as Satsu's had been.†
p. 25.9
- And there, to one side of them, was Mrs. Fidget, standing beside a peculiarly narrow man wearing a stiff kimono.†
p. 32.7
- Mrs. Fidget said something to him, and when he turned and peered at us, I decided at once that I was frightened of him.†
p. 32.8
- I decided Mr. Tanaka had been displeased by what Mrs. Fidget had told him about us, and that this curiously narrow man, Mr. Bekku, planned to take us somewhere to have our fortunes told more completely.†
p. 33.1
- While I tried my best to soothe myself with these thoughts, Mrs. Fidget, wearing a pleasant smile, led Satsu and me some distance down the dirt platform.†
p. 33.2
- From the expression on Mrs. Fidget's face, I knew I should answer her or she might hurt me.†
p. 33.4
- But the train is coming," Mrs. Fidget said.†
p. 33.7
- When I peered out the window, I saw Mr. Tanaka walking back toward his cart and Mrs. Fidget wiping her hands all over her kimono.†
p. 33.9
- I was afraid she might do to me something like what Mrs. Fidget had done, but instead she only poured water over my shoulders and rubbed me down with the rag.†
p. 39.9
- I often thought of the conversation I'd overheard between Mr. Tanaka and my father, and of what Mrs. Fidget had said about Satsu and me being "suitable."†
p. 77.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(fidget) to make small restless movements
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely (and usually in older literature), fidgets can reference a condition of restlessness irrespective of movements.