carmudgeon

Updated: April 30, 2025

"He fired the boy, did the ould carmudgeon," said Madame Perrotte in one of her rages, "and druv him off from the town." "Nonsense, Mother," Annette had replied, "you know well enough Tony left of his own accord. Why should you shame him so? He went because he wanted to go." This was a new light upon the subject for her mother. "Thrue for you, Annette, gurl," she said, "an' ye said it that time.

Ralph Connor - To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today