cork-bound

Updated: June 26, 2025

He suffered most, perhaps, from the lack of tobacco, but even in the matter of cigarettes he could not bring himself to accept favors that he could not return. In the solitude of his richly appointed suite he collected a few cork-bound stumps, which he impaled on a toothpick in order to light them. Meanwhile he amused himself by baiting the purser.

Rex Ellingwood Beach - The Ne'er-Do-Well