cleaning-rag

Updated: May 23, 2025

"Schulz?" she said interrogatively. "Nicht da," replied the woman without looking up from her rubbing. "Has he gone out?" asked Mary in English. "Verstehe nicht!" mumbled the woman. But she put down her cleaning-rag and, breathing heavily, mustered the girl with a leisurely stare. Mary repeated the question in German whereupon the woman brightened up considerably. The Herr was not at home.

Valentine Williams - The Yellow Streak

Caleb stepped into the shanty to get a cleaning-rag for his darling, and Sam burst out: "Well, now I know he never shot at Da, for if he did he'd 'a' got him sure." It was not meant for Caleb's ears, but it reached him, and the old Trapper came to the door at once with a long, expressive "H-m-m-mrr."

Ernest Thompson Seton - Two Little Savages : Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned