Hi Alexander -- on Oct 29 2019 at 08:32, you wrote:

AK> From "The Great Catsby", by F.Scott Fitzerald, again:
                   |Gatsby             |Fitzgerald


AK> creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-gray men swarm up with
AK> leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud, which screens their
AK> obscure operations from your sight.
AK> ----- The end of the citation -----

AK> Although all the text is very vivid and difficult, I'd like ask why

Typical of F. Scott Fitzgerald - I'm not a fan of his works.

AK> the workers use "leaden spades"? IMHO lead is not a metal for spades? ;)

Leaden as in "heavy", I believe. Again, typical of FSF's cumbersome style.


Cheers... Dallas

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