How would you explain “a peasant of stock” in the context?
The father was a small-wares peddler form the Cevennes, the mother a peasant of stock native to the Auvergne, and the girl named Gabrielle Chanel.

How would you explain “a peasant of stock” in the context?
Thanks!

Question

How would you explain “a peasant of stock” in the context?
The father was a small-wares peddler form the Cevennes, the mother a peasant of stock native to the Auvergne, and the girl named Gabrielle Chanel.

How would you explain “a peasant of stock” in the context?
Thanks!

Answer

The stock is native to the Auvergne.
It means her family there goes back many generations.

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