bob-and-sinker

Updated: May 2, 2025

It chafes against the walls of silence as a caged bear chafes, with feverish restlessness, against the walls of his cell; and as if the annoyance of one sense were not sufficient, she seems to have adopted a bob-and-sinker style of trimming, for hat and dress, and hair and cloak, and every thing that goes to make up her externals.

Timothy Titcomb - Lessons in Life: A Series of Familiar Essays