bruisin

Updated: May 6, 2025

"I'll larn you something besides fisticuffs, my beauty. 'Tis all well-a-fine, this batterin' an' bruisin', but it awnly breeds the savage in 'e, same as raw meat do in a dog. No more fightin' 'cept wi' dirty weather an' high seas an' contrary winds, an' the world, the flaish an' the devil.

Eden Phillpotts - Lying Prophets

I was never one for hurryin' the children; bruisin' the tender flax, as you might say. . . But you mustn't be upset if he alloods to you. . . . A very powerful man, when you're used to 'en. So you've a message for Miss Sally? Know her?" The boy had to confess that he did not. "Curious!" the farmer commented. "She's one of the old sort, is Miss Sally.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - True Tilda