Questions tagged [kipps]
"Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul" (1905), a novel by H. G. Wells. Use with the [h-g-wells] tag.
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What do these expressions mean in H.G. Wells's novel Kipps?
I came across this following series of phrases while reading H.G. Wells's Kipps and I promptly have no idea what they mean:
There were times when Kipps would lie awake, all others in the dormitory ...
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In Kipps, what does H. G. Wells mean by "colonial meat by contract at threepence a pound"?
I came across this following sentence in H. G. Wells' Kipps and I don't understand what it means.
What he put into Kipps was chiefly bread and margarine, infusions of chicory and tea-dust, colonial ...
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What does H. G. Wells mean by "ha'penny longcloth to sell, he put it thus to startled customers: 'Can DO you one, six half if y' like."?
I'm having trouble deciphering what appears to be a string of colloquialisms in H. G. Wells' novel Kipps. The passage in question describes a business owner Mr. Shalford, and it goes as follows:
He ...
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What does H. G. Wells mean by "He had added to exceptional business 'push', bankruptcy under the old dispensation, and judicious matrimony."?
I encountered this following sentence while reading the second chapter of H. G. Wells' novel Kipps.
He was an irascible, energetic little man, with hairy hands, for the most part under his coat ...
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What did H. G. Wells mean by "Manifestly their line lay straight along the lane to the sea"?
I've been reading Kipps by H. G. Wells, and I came across this sentence, which I am having trouble understanding.
They (the protagonist Kipps and his friend Sid) proceeded to the question of how ...