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146 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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146 months ago

   wrote:

in the hands of a rebellious/anarchic/lawless/revolutionary

My comment:

I chose to turn it round as the hands are not iconoclastic/rebellious; Borra was, as he was keeping things that he should have given back

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146 months ago

   wrote:

I think it's quite possible that Borra ripped off some of the prisoners' clothes when they were sent to him to be washed. I think I'll use "thieving hands". Thanks for your comments.

146 months ago

   wrote:

Possibly, as Borra seems to have kept things that did not belong to him, but you would have to give more context then next time; they were revolutionaries, rebellious, but we had no way of knowing Borra had clothes sent to him to be washed, so he did not return them all; they were both interned

146 months ago

   wrote:

Possibly, as Borra seems to have kept things that did not belong to him, but you would have to give more context then next time; they were revolutionaries, rebellious, but we had no way of knowing Borra had clothes sent to him to be washed, so he did not return them all; they were both interned

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146 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

in the hands of a rebellious/anarchic/lawless/revolutionary

My comment:

I chose to turn it round as the hands are not iconoclastic/rebellious; Borra was, as he was keeping things that he should have given back

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146 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

in the iconoclastic hands of an internment mate OR in the hands of an iconoclastic internment mate (companion)

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146 months ago

   wrote:

Thanks for your input, Bertrand, but the reason I entered the question is that I don't feel comfortable with the literal version of the phrase. I looked up synonyms on the Internet, but none of them make much sense in this context. Would you possibly have any other ideas?

146 months ago

   wrote:

Thank you Barbara. Borra is a laudryman. Is there any reason to think he would/could have impure hands? What exact meaning would you give "iconoclaste"? An iconoclast is a person who deliberately destroys pious images and refuses to venerate them

146 months ago

   wrote:

This is a tough one because Borra has never appeared before in the story and will not ever again.