Lame duck meaning
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What does “Is Dorothy Grossbaum good for five dollars?” mean?.Source : Link, Question Author : RubioRic, Answer Author : bookmanu Here is the Guardian book review of The Collector and Goodreads & Dutch Readers’ takes on the book Miranda feels sorry for him, but at the same time, she has the feeling that she should not This is a conclusion he comes to after he has read Miranda’s diary and finds out that she never really loved him and felt superior to him. Someone ordinary I could teach” (Fowles 282). He admits that he made a mistake setting his sights on Miranda as she was of a higher social class than he: “… she’s only an ordinary common shop-girl, but that was my mistake before, aiming too high” (Fowles 282) and so if he were to have a new guest, it would be someone who would respect him and who would learn from him, instead of the other way round as it was between Frederick and Miranda: “I ought to have got someone who would respect me more. He is from a lower social class than Miranda, perhaps lameducking is the act of putting someone down in the context of the quote in OPs question?Ī contributor to New Casebook Series:John Fowles edited by James Acheson seems to confirm this interpretation In the story Miranda Grey is kept captive by the protagonist Frederick Clegg. Merriam-Webster’s second definition for the word is:Ĭhiefly British : a person, company, etc., that is weak or unsuccessful and needs help Lame duck is spelled with a hyphen as in lame-duck when used as an adjective before a noun about half the time. Lame duck originated on the London Stock Market in the 1700s to describe an investor who is unable to cover his debts, the plural form is lame ducks. The phrase lame duck may also be used to describe an ineffectual person. The first American president referred to as a lame duck was Calvin Coolidge. Lame duck as applied to a politician is a North American term, though it is gaining usage across the globe. Perhaps Fowles used artistic licence with his character Miranda?Ī lame duck is a politician who has been voted out of office but whose term is not yet up, or a politician who is still in office but cannot run for reelection. I found a reference to lameduck and the John Fowles’ book The Collector in Something and Nothingness: The Fiction of John Updike & John Fowles By John Neary Have any of you got the original book? Does it contain that exact text? In affirmative case, what does that verb mean? Answer And anyway, most girls would have jumped at the chance Hundreds of other people who needed lameducking, my sympathy, far more Too) - but they’re both attractive young men. Donald and Piers (because I’ve lameducked him in a sense,
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That I could get her to do things for me that she wouldn’tĭo for them. Lameducked her just to show the Vestal Virgins that I was cleverer I’ve been thinkingīack to Ladymont, to people I lameducked there.
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Me, not because I believe they need my sympathy. That I lameduck people only because it flatters It means that I have no real belief in the power of reason, and I can not find any reference to such verb online. OP has extracted a text from the book “The Collector” by John Fowles that uses the verb lameduck.
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Let me draw your attention to a question posted in English Language Learners where
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