ball-an'-chained

Updated: May 4, 2025

You've told more things 'at Spriggs done in his thirty years of life than would ha' kept most men busy till they was a hundered!" cried Moses, petulantly. "And if Kitty Keehoty, or Monty, ary one, comes 'round, do for pity's sake send 'em up. Here I lie, ball-an'-chained to a bed and things Oh, dear!" It was Saturday and a busy time for the housekeeper.

Evelyn Raymond - The Brass Bound Box