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Arashjan Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Snucker
Hi! What is the meaning of "snucker" in the following sentences? They are part of Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow.
I never expected to see such a color in Africa, I swear. And I was worried lest it pass before I could get everything I should out of it. So I put my face, my nose, to the surface of this wall. I pressed my nose to it as though it were a precious rose, and knelt there on those old knees, lined and grieved-looking; like carrots; and I inhaled, I snuckered through my nose and caressed the wall with my cheek.
Thank you
I never expected to see such a color in Africa, I swear. And I was worried lest it pass before I could get everything I should out of it. So I put my face, my nose, to the surface of this wall. I pressed my nose to it as though it were a precious rose, and knelt there on those old knees, lined and grieved-looking; like carrots; and I inhaled, I snuckered through my nose and caressed the wall with my cheek.
Thank you
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I think he made up the word, because it's not in any dictionary. You have to imagine what it means - the protagonist is smelling the wall like a rose, inhaling. Imagine the sound of an old man inhaling deeply.
- I think he made up the word, because it's not in any dictionary.
- You have to imagine what it means - the protagonist is smelling the wall like a rose, inhaling.
- Imagine the sound of an old man inhaling deeply.
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I think he made up the word, because it's not in any dictionary. You have to imagine what it means - the protagonist is smelling the wall like a rose, inhaling. Imagine the sound of an old man inhaling deeply.
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