Both Uses of
buffet
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Head, redconecapped, buffeted, brineblinded.†
Chpt 9 *
- As he strode past Mr Bloom's dental windows the sway of his dustcoat brushed rudely from its angle a slender tapping cane and swept onwards, having buffeted a thewless body.†
Chpt 10
Definitions:
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(1)
(buffet as in: buffeted by) hit repeatedly; or cause to bounce irregularly
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(2)
(buffet as in: all-you-can-eat buffet) a self-served meal
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(3)
(buffet as in: placed on the buffet) a type of furniture from which food or drink can be served
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Buffet can also be a last name.