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Which of these quotations is used to describe Piggy?"There had grown up tacitly among the biguns the opinion that [he] was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain disinclination for manual labour""tall, thin, and bony: and his hair was red beneath the black cap. His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness""You could see now that he might make a boxer, as far as width and heaviness of shoulders went, but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil""an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy"

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Which of these quotations is used to describe Piggy?"There had grown up tacitly among the biguns the opinion that [he] was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain disinclination for manual labour""tall, thin, and bony: and his hair was red beneath the black cap. His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness""You could see now that he might make a boxer, as far as width and heaviness of shoulders went, but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil""an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy"

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The quotation that describes Piggy is: "There had grown up tacitly among the biguns the opinion that [he] was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain disinclination for manual labour". This quote describes Piggy's physical appearance and his status among the other boys on the island.

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