I took the opportunity of being alone in the courtyard to look at my coarse hands and my common boots. My opinion of those accessories was not favourable. They had never troubled me before, but they troubled me now, as vulgar appendages.
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 8. For the very first time Pip becomes aware of the “vulgar appendages” that reflect his working class status, his hands and boots. This happens after he plays cards in the upper class Havisham house where the girl Estella scorns his rough hands and thick boots. His visit to Satis House awakens in him feelings of shame for his common appearance and social status.