O. Henryの短編小説 "GIRL" を読んでいます。
Hertley pressed the "McComus" button. The door latch clicked spasmodically--now hospitably, now doubtfully, as though in anxiety whether it might be admitting friends or duns. Hertley enterd and began to climb the stairs after the manner of those who seek their friends in city flat-housed--which is the manner of a boy who climbs an apple-tree, stopping when he comes upon what he wants.
"duns" はO. Henryの短編小説ではこれで二度目なので覚えたいと思います。
・Collins Dictionary: a person, esp a hired agent, who importunes another for the payment of a debt: If someone duns you for money you owe them, they ask you again and again for payment.
・Wiktionary: A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.: Melancholy duns came looking for him at all hours.
小説内ならいいですが、実生活では付き合うことの無い様にしたいですね。
"dun" は灰茶色の（Collins Dictionary: a dull grey-brown colour）意味もあり、O. Henryの短編小説では馬とかロバの毛色を示すのにやはり時々出てきます。
Hertley pressed the "McComus" button. The door latch clicked spasmodically--now hospitably, now doubtfully, as though in anxiety whether it might be admitting friends or duns. Hertley enterd and began to climb the stairs after the manner of those who seek their friends in city flat-housed--which is the manner of a boy who climbs an apple-tree, stopping when he comes upon what he wants.
"duns" はO. Henryの短編小説ではこれで二度目なので覚えたいと思います。
・Collins Dictionary: a person, esp a hired agent, who importunes another for the payment of a debt: If someone duns you for money you owe them, they ask you again and again for payment.
・Wiktionary: A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.: Melancholy duns came looking for him at all hours.
小説内ならいいですが、実生活では付き合うことの無い様にしたいですね。
"dun" は灰茶色の（Collins Dictionary: a dull grey-brown colour）意味もあり、O. Henryの短編小説では馬とかロバの毛色を示すのにやはり時々出てきます。
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