come-up-with

Updated: May 19, 2025

When you'd speak to him, he'd say, 'Unh' a style of thing that didn't go well in that part of the country. I kept my mouth shut, as knowing that I didn't have the come-up-with weighed on my spirits; but Aggy gave him the jolly. He only meant it in fun, and there was plenty of reason for it, too, for you never seen such a game of driving as that feller put up in all your life. The Lord save us!

Henry Wallace Phillips - Red Saunders : His Adventures West & East