ball-an'-chain

Updated: May 23, 2025

"Haven't thim bloody fools in the up-town office anything betther to do than to tie that sivinty-ton ball-an'-chain to my leg such a night as this?" This is not what Callahan said: it is merely a printable paraphrase of his rejoinder. M'Tosh shook his head.

Francis Lynde - The Grafters