abetments

Updated: May 7, 2025

So passed the day, Miss Prissy busily chattering, clipping, basting, Mary patiently trying on to an unheard-of extent, and Mrs. Scudder's neat room whipped into a perfect froth and foam of gauze, lace, artificial flowers, linings, and other aids, accessories, and abetments.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859