canbottle

Updated: May 21, 2025

Laws, they'm two thrussels wi' one worm, and no mistake. 'And yet she's only a bit of a thing, you tell me? 'Ah! But she'm all on wires, to and agen like a canbottle. 'Why canna she bide with the minister? 'Lord only knows! It's for 'er good, and for the maister's and yours, not to speak of mine. It's werrit, werrit, all the while, missus, and the fingers in the tea-caddy the day long!

Mary Gladys Meredith Webb - Gone to Earth