Difference between revisions of "You gave me a boot"

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*'''You gave me the boot:''' you got rid of (fired) me
 
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* '''You gave me a boot:''' (T.S. Eliot was the bearer of an embarrassing parcel of old shoes from Pound to Joyce, as related in Ellmann: ''James Joyce'', 493) → [[Waste]] in line above

Revision as of 22:59, 15 January 2020

  • You gave me a boot: in Ulysses Stephen Dedalus wears boots he borrowed from Buck Mulligan
  • You gave me the boot: you got rid of (fired) me
  • You gave me a boot: (T.S. Eliot was the bearer of an embarrassing parcel of old shoes from Pound to Joyce, as related in Ellmann: James Joyce, 493) → Waste in line above