clean-nosed

Updated: May 1, 2025

"You can live by your writing but I've got to have a job." "Is that all?" said Lilly. "Ay. And plenty. You've got the advantage of me." "Quite," said Lilly. "But why? I was a dirty-nosed little boy when you were a clean-nosed little boy. And I always had more patches on my breeches than you: neat patches, too, my poor mother! So what's the good of talking about advantages? You had the start.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence - Aaron's Rod