clo'es-destroyin

Updated: July 9, 2026

An' right on top o' that, I come in lookin' sort o' puny an' peaked, an' I happened to choke on a muskitty jest ez I come in, an' she declared she wasn't a-goin' to have a consumpted man sick on her hands an' a clo'es-destroyin' steer at the same time.

Ruth McEnery Stuart - Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches