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[[File:Dead_man's_fingers.jpg|left|orchid tuber "hand" and "fingers"]]
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[[File:Dead_man's_fingers.jpg|left|orchid tuber "hand" with "fingers"]]
''But our cull-cold maids do dead-men's-fingers call them.''
''But our cull-cold maids do dead-men's-fingers call them.''
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The phrase ''cull-cold'' is a little word puzzle Shakespeare has composed for us.
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The phrase ''cull-cold'' is a little word puzzle Shakespeare composed for us.
''cull'' - to ''cull'' is to sort, and to sort is to separate into kinds. Gertrude is clearly talking about a certain kind of maids. It's an instance of the "kind" idea that appears occasionally in the play.
''cull'' - to ''cull'' is to sort, and to sort is to separate into kinds. Gertrude is clearly talking about a certain kind of maids. It's an instance of the "kind" idea that appears occasionally in the play.
So, the ''cull-cold'' are literally the "sort modest," and in normal phrasing that's the "modest sort" or the "modest kind."
So, the ''cull-cold'' are literally the "sort modest," and in normal phrasing that's the "modest sort" or the "modest kind."
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#0 /home/public/hamletwiki/includes/Exception.php(678): MWExceptionHandler::report(Object(Error))
#1 [internal function]: MWExceptionHandler::handle(Object(Error))
#2 {main}
thrown in /home/public/hamletwiki/includes/Exception.php on line 598