sheffield contrivances
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- Pequod's Carpenter
- characteristic
- multum in parvo (much in little)
- description
- A metaphor used to describe the Pequod's carpenter, likening him to highly useful, multi-functional pocket knives from Sheffield, containing various tools.
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- Sheffield
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- analogy_forPequod's Carpenter
- description
- The carpenter is compared to a 'multum in parvo' Sheffield contrivance due to his unreasoning yet highly useful multi-functional nature.
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- He was like one of those unreasoning but still highly useful, _multum in parvo_, Sheffield contrivances, assuming the exterior—though a little swelled—of a common pocket knife; but containing, not only blades of various sizes, but also screw-drivers, cork-screws, tweezers, awls, pens, rulers, nail-filers, countersinkers
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- 2026-03-02T00:05:30.418Z
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