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PATINAED, ALL OF WHOM CAN ... and others in capital letters...

0 Hi, could someone explain to me these on capital letters from Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley"?:02br
00 'For when Charley is groomed and clipped he is pleased with himself as is a man with a good tailor or a woman newly PATINAED by a beautiful parlor, ALL OF WHOM CAN BELIEVE THEY ARE LIKE THAT CLEAR THROUGH. Charley's combed COLUMNS OF LEGS were noble things, his CAP OF SILVER BLUE fur was rakish and ...' 02br
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: 'For when Charley is groomed and clipped he is pleased with himself as is a man with a good tailor or a woman newly PATINAED by a beautiful parlor, ALL OF WHOM CAN BELIEVE THEY ARE LIKE THAT CLEAR THROUGH. 12blockquote 10PATINAED - I think this means that a woman has just had her hair styled and perhaps colored at a beauty parlor. 02br 02br 00ALL OF WHOM CAN BELIEVE THEY ARE LIKE THAT CLEAR THROUGH - Charley (after being groomed), a man with a good tailor (wearing a nice suit), and a woman who has just had her hair styled 01u 00all feel good about themselves in general02u 00, not just about their grooming/tailoring/hairstyle.

  • : 'For when Charley is groomed and clipped he is pleased with himself as is a man with a good tailor or a woman newly PATINAED by a beautiful parlor, ALL OF WHOM CAN BELIEVE THEY ARE LIKE THAT CLEAR THROUGH.
  • 12blockquote 10PATINAED - I think this means that a woman has just had her hair styled and perhaps colored at a beauty parlor.
  • 02br 02br 00ALL OF WHOM CAN BELIEVE THEY ARE LIKE THAT CLEAR THROUGH - Charley (after being groomed), a man with a good tailor (wearing a nice suit), and a woman who has just had her hair styled 01u 00all feel good about themselves in general02u 00, not just about their grooming/tailoring/hairstyle.
  • 02br 02br 00COLUMNS OF LEGS - Charley's legs, with the hair groomed and clipped in a certain way02br 02br 00CAP OF SILVER BLUE - the hair on the top of Charley's head0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Hi, could someone explain to me these on capital letters from Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley"?: 'For when Charley is groomed and clipped he is pleased with himself as is a man with a good tailor or a woman newly PATINAED by a beautiful parlor, ALL OF WHOM CAN BELIEVE THEY ARE LIKE THAT CLEAR THROUGH. Charley's

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