a-sheenin

Updated: May 5, 2025

"And look at her curls," said a woman admiringly. "They be a-sheenin' like gold to-day. She thinks a deal o' they curls, don't 'ee, Tilly? If anybody axed her for one she'd al'ays say she was a-savin' on 'em up for daddy didn't 'ee, Tilly?"

M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell) Francis - North, South and over the Sea