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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Put-upon
Hello,
In the book "Parrot and Olivier in America" (Peter Carey), Parrot describes his and his father's employers, the Piggott's in the following way:
"...Mr Piggott, and his wife, them both being Catholics of a put-upon variety and very sarcastic about Tom Paine in particular."
Could you, please, explain me the word "put-upon". I have looked it up in various dictionaries, but still - it isn't clear to me.
Thank you very much.
In the book "Parrot and Olivier in America" (Peter Carey), Parrot describes his and his father's employers, the Piggott's in the following way:
"...Mr Piggott, and his wife, them both being Catholics of a put-upon variety and very sarcastic about Tom Paine in particular."
Could you, please, explain me the word "put-upon". I have looked it up in various dictionaries, but still - it isn't clear to me.
Thank you very much.
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They are defensively Catholic, I suppose - always feeling that they must defend their beliefs. Thomas Paine was, among other things, a freethinker: "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.
- They are defensively Catholic, I suppose - always feeling that they must defend their beliefs.
- Thomas Paine was, among other things, a freethinker: "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of.
- My own mind is my own church.
- "
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They are defensively Catholic, I suppose - always feeling that they must defend their beliefs. Thomas Paine was, among other things, a freethinker:
"I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church. All national
"I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church. All national
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