clunched

Updated: August 22, 2026

He is discarded for a gamester at all games but one and thirty , and at tables he reaches not beyond doublets. His fingers are not long and drawn out to handle a fiddle, but his fist clunched with the habit of disputing. He ascends a horse somewhat sinisterly, though not on the left side, and they both go jogging in grief together.

Various - Character Writings of the 17th Century