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OP "'Ah!' cried Brass. 'That's affecting, truly affecting. A poor widow struggling to maintain her orphans in decency and comfort, is a delicious picture of human goodness.--Put down your hat, Kit.' "
I was surprised to see Dickens calling Kit an orphan, while his mother is alive. But Webster 1913 surprised me by sayhing that the word could be used that way.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted orphan wwh 11/23/03 05:56 PM Re: orphan Wordwind 01/25/04 03:36 PM Re: orphan Bingley 01/26/04 05:53 AM Re: orphan Wordwind 01/26/04 12:13 PM
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