alf-a-inch

Updated: May 18, 2025

I weren't quite so tall as Jarge, p'r'aps, by about say 'alf-a-inch, but then, I were wider wider, ah! a sight wider in the shoulder, an' so strong as four bulls! an' wi' eyes big an' sharp an' piercin' like Peter's, only Peter's bean't quite so sharp, no, nor yet so piercin' an' that minds me as I've got noos for 'ee, Peter." "What news?" said I, turning.

Jeffery Farnol - The Broad Highway