7 Matching Annotations
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handsome
"Of a thing: having an attractive form or appearance; well-proportioned; elegant, stylish." (OED)
Austen uses "handsome" to describe beauty in the male and female sense
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trade
Trade - The practice of making one's living in business, as opposed to in a profession or from unearned income. (OED)
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three-and-twenty years
three and twenty years = 23
This number references the 23 years they had been married.
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chaise and four
A chaise and four is a small carriage pulled by two to four horses with two to four wheels
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let
When Mrs .Bennet says Netherfield is "let" she means someone is renting the estate.
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knighthood by an address to the King
Lucas' knighthood was made official by the king possibly due to his already social and political title of mayor
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mayoralty
Mayoralty - the office of mayor
Sir William Lucas was mayor of Meryton
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