English, 04.06.2021 02:30, kat353

Read the following excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" and answer the question. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout
for the mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric
button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.

What is the meaning of the word coax as it is used in the passage?
A force
B persuade
C expect
D repair

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