Usually means: Prefers not to; passive resistance.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Bartleby)

noun:  the title character in Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener".
noun:  a 2001 American comedy-drama film adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener".
noun:  a 1970 British drama film directed by Anthony Friedman and starring Paul Scofield, John McEnery and Thorley Walters.
noun:  a 1976 French drama film directed by Maurice Ronet and starring Michael Lonsdale, Maxence Mailfort and Maurice Biraud.BFI.org It is an adaptation of the short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Herman Melville.


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