boardin'-'ouse

Updated: May 19, 2025

He inspected Amber shrewdly while the latter was asking his way to Honest George's, and in response jerked a white-gloved thumb down the wide thoroughfare. "You carn't miss it, sir s'ylors' boardin'-'ouse, all lit up and likely with a row on at the bar. Mind your eye, guv'nor. It ayn't a plyce you'd ought to visit on your lone." "Thanks; I've business there. I reckon to take care of myself."

Louis Joseph Vance - The Bronze Bell