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Lᴇᴛ's Rᴇᴀᴅ "A Cᴏɴғᴇᴅᴇʀᴀᴄʏ Oғ Dᴜɴᴄᴇs " Wɪᴛʜ ROMEO https://hilokal.page.link/pW9MY ᴄᴀғᴇ - https://hilokal.page.link/Caawf - **Bristle** - **British IPA:** /ˈbrɪsəl/ - **American IPA:** /ˈbrɪsl/ - **Part of Speech:** Noun/Verb (depending on the context) - **Meaning:** - (Noun) A short, stiff hair, usually one of those on a hog's body; a stiff hair or filament, typically one of many, forming part of a brush, broom, or similar tool. - (Verb) To react angrily or defensively, typically by raising one's hair or feathers, or figuratively by becoming agitated or indignant. - **Protruded** - **British IPA:** /prəˈtruːdɪd/ - **American IPA:** /prəˈtruːdɪd/ - **Part of Speech:** Verb (past tense) - **Meaning:** Extended beyond or above a surface; stuck out. - **Ignatius** - **British IPA:** /ɪɡˈneɪʃəs/ - **American IPA:** /ɪɡˈneɪʃəs/ - **Part of Speech:** Proper Noun - **Meaning:** A personal name; it may refer to a specific individual or be used in various contexts. - **Supercilious** - **British IPA:** /suːpəˈsɪliəs/ - **American IPA:** /suːpəˈsɪliəs/ - **Part of Speech:** Adjective - **Meaning:** Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others; arrogant and disdainful. - **Voluminous** - **British IPA:** /vəˈluːmɪnəs/ - **American IPA:** /vəˈluːmɪnəs/ - **Part of Speech:** Adjective - **Meaning:** Occupying or containing much space; large in volume, size, or number. - **Pleats and Nooks** - **British IPA:** /pliːts ænd nʊks/ - **American IPA:** /pliːts ənd nʊks/ - **Part of Speech:** Noun (phrase) - **Meaning:** Refers to folds or creases and small hidden corners or recesses. - **Soothed** - **British IPA:** /suːðd/ - **American IPA:** /suːðd/ - **Part of Speech:** Verb (past tense) - **Meaning:** The past tense of "soothe," meaning to calm or relieve pain or distress. - **Reilly** - **British IPA:** /ˈraɪli/ - **American IPA:** /ˈraɪli/ - **Part of Speech:** Proper Noun - **Meaning:** A personal name; it may refer to a specific individual or be used in various contexts. - **Abstruse** - **British IPA:** /əbˈstruːs/ - **American IPA:** /əbˈstruːs/ - **Part of Speech:** Adjective - **Meaning:** Difficult to understand; obscure. - **Repentance** - **British IPA:** /rɪˈpɛntəns/ - **American IPA:** /rɪˈpɛntəns/ - **Part of Speech:** Noun - **Meaning:** The action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse. - **Plymouth** - **British IPA:** /ˈplɪməθ/ - **American IPA:** /ˈplɪməθ/ - **Part of Speech:** Noun/Proper Noun - **Meaning:** - (Noun) A seaport in Devon, southwestern England. - (Proper Noun) May refer to various locations, organizations, or individuals with the name "Plymouth." ONE A GREEN HUNTING CAP squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head. The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair and the fine bristles that grew in the ears themselves, stuck out on either side like turn signals indicating two directions at once. Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the bushy black moustache and, at their corners, sank into little folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs. In the shadow under the green visor of the cap Ignatius J. Reilly’s supercilious blue and yellow eyes looked down upon the other people waiting under the clock at the D. H. Holmes department store, studying the crowd of people for signs of bad taste in dress. Several of the outfits, Ignatius noticed, were new enough and expensive enough to be properly considered offenses against taste and decency. Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person’s lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one’s soul. Ignatius himself was dressed comfortably and sensibly. The hunting cap prevented head colds. The voluminous tweed trousers were durable and permitted unusually free locomotion. Their pleats and nooks contained pockets of warm, stale air that soothed Ignatius. The plaid flannel shirt made a jacket unnecessary while the muffler guarded exposed Reilly skin between earflap and collar. The outfit was acceptable by any theological and geometrical standards, however abstruse, and suggested a rich inner life. Shifting from one hip to the other in his lumbering, elephantine fashion, Ignatius sent waves of flesh rippling beneath the tweed and flannel, waves that broke upon buttons and seams. Thus rearranged, he contemplated the long while that he had been waiting for his mother. Principally he considered the discomfort he was beginning to feel. It seemed as if his whole being was ready to burst from his swollen suede desert boots, and, as if to verify this, Ignatius turned his singular eyes toward his feet. The feet did indeed look swollen. He was prepared to offer the sight of those bulging boots to his mother as evidence of her thoughtlessness. Looking up, he saw the sun beginning to descend over the Mississippi at the foot of Canal Street. The Holmes clock said almost five. Already he was polishing a few carefully worded accusations designed to reduce his mother to repentance or, at least, confusion. He often had to keep her in her place. She had driven him downtown in the old Plymouth, and while she was at the doctor’s seeing about her arthritis, Ignatius had bought some sheet music at Werlein’s for his trumpet and a new string for his lute. Then he had wandered into the Penny Arcade on Royal Street to see whether any new games had been installed. He had been disappointed to find the miniature mechanical baseball game gone. Perhaps it was only being repaired. The last time that he had played it the batter would not work and, after some argument, the management had returned his nickel, even though the Penny Arcade people had been base enough to suggest that Ignatius had himself broken the baseball machine by kicking it.

Lᴇᴛ's Rᴇᴀᴅ "A Cᴏɴғᴇᴅᴇʀᴀᴄʏ Oғ Dᴜɴᴄᴇs" Wɪᴛʜ ROMEO https://hilokal.page.link/pW9MY ᴄᴀғᴇ - https://hilokal.page.link/Caawf - **Milwaukee** - **British IPA:** /mɪlˈwɔːki/ - **American IPA:** /mɪlˈwɔːki/ - **Part of Speech:** Noun/Proper Noun - **Meaning:** - (Noun) A city in the state of Wisconsin, United States. - (Proper Noun) May refer to various locations, organizations, or individuals with the name "Milwaukee." - **Being Chipped** - **British IPA:** /biːɪŋ tʃɪpt/ - **American IPA:** /biːɪŋ tʃɪpt/ - **Part of Speech:** Verb (phrase) - **Meaning:** Refers to the process or state of having small pieces (chips) removed or broken off from something. - **Maimed** - **British IPA:** /meɪmd/ - **American IPA:** /meɪmd/ - **Part of Speech:** Adjective/Verb (past participle) - **Meaning:** - (Adjective) Wounded or injured so that part of the body is permanently damaged. - (Verb) The past participle of "maim," meaning to wound or injure severely. - **Covetous** - **British IPA:** /ˈkʌvɪtəs/ - **American IPA:** /ˈkʌvɪtəs/ - **Part of Speech:** Adjective - **Meaning:** Having or showing a great desire to possess something, typically something belonging to someone else. - **Torpedoes** - **British IPA:** /tɔːˈpiːdəʊz/ - **American IPA:** /tɔːrˈpiːdoʊz/ - **Part of Speech:** Noun (plural) - **Meaning:** - A self-propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship or submarine. - (Informal) A fast-moving warship. - **Sodomites** - **British IPA:** /ˈsɒdəmaɪts/ - **American IPA:** /ˈsɑːdəˌmaɪts/ - **Part of Speech:** Noun (plural) - **Meaning:** People who engage in or practice sodomy; historically used as a term for those perceived as engaging in homosexual acts. - **Fetishists** - **British IPA:** /ˈfɛtɪʃɪsts/ - **American IPA:** /ˈfɛtɪʃɪsts/ - **Part of Speech:** Noun (plural) - **Meaning:** Individuals who have a fetish, a form of sexual desire in which gratification is linked to a specific object or part of the body. - **Onanists** - **British IPA:** /ˈəʊnənɪsts/ - **American IPA:** /ˈoʊnənɪsts/ - **Part of Speech:** Noun (plural) - **Meaning:** Individuals who practice onanism, a historical term for masturbation. - **Endeavor** - **British IPA:** /ɪnˈdɛvə/ - **American IPA:** /ɪnˈdɛvər/ - **Part of Speech:** Noun/Verb - **Meaning:** - (Noun) A strenuous effort or attempt. - (Verb) To try hard to achieve something; to strive. Concentrating upon the fate of the miniature baseball machine, Ignatius detached his being from the physical reality of Canal Street and the people around him and therefore did not notice the two eyes that were hungrily watching him from behind one of D. H. Holmes’ pillars, two sad eyes shining with hope and desire. Was it possible to repair the machine in New Orleans? Probably so. However, it might have to be sent to some place like Milwaukee or Chicago or some other city whose name Ignatius associated with efficient repair shops and permanently smoking factories. Ignatius hoped that the baseball game was being carefully handled in shipment, that none of its little players was being chipped or maimed by brutal railroad employees determined to ruin the railroad forever with damage claims from shippers, railroad employees who would subsequently go oil strike and destroy the Illinois Central. As Ignatius was considering the delight which the little baseball game afforded humanity, the two sad and covetous eyes moved toward him through the crowd like torpedoes zeroing in on a great woolly tanker. The policeman plucked at Ignatius’ bag of sheet music. You got any identification, mister?” the policeman asked in a voice that hoped that Ignatius was officially unidentified. “What?” Ignatius looked down upon the badge on the blue cap. “Who are you?” “Let me see your driver’s license.” “I don’t drive. Will you kindly go away? I am waiting for my mother.” “What’s this hanging out your bag?” “What do you think it is, stupid? It’s a string for my lute.” “What’s that?” The policeman drew back a little. “Are you local?” “Is it the part of the police department to harass me when this city is a flagrant vice capital of the civilized world?” Ignatius bellowed over the crowd in front of the store. “This city is famous for its gamblers, prostitutes, exhibitionists, anti-Christs, alcoholics, sodomites, drug addicts, fetishists, onanists, pornographers, frauds, jades, litterbugs, and lesbians, all of whom are only too well protected by graft. If you have a moment, I shall endeavor to discuss the crime problem with you, but don’t make the mistake of bothering me.”