MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Millison" <millison at online-journalist.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver


> At 8:29 PM +0200 8/24/02, Otto wrote:
> >"On a third trip south, this time to Maryland, Dixon encounters a
cowardly
> >slave trader beating a slave. Dixon appropriates the whip and turns it
> >against the slave trader."
>
>
> "turns it against"  doesn't mean "whips with" -- it can also mean,
> "threatens with"
>

turn: A deed or action having a good or bad effect on another
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=turn

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