a-wrapping

Updated: May 19, 2025

I want a man as is always a-sliding off his legs when he ought to be on 'em. I want a man as is so low down in the school of life that he's always a-making figures of one in his copy-book, and can't get no further. I want a man as is his own great coat and cloak, and is always a-wrapping himself up in himself. And I have got him too, said Mr Tapley, after a moment's silence. 'What a happiness!

Charles Dickens - Martin Chuzzlewit