crackers-and-tea

Updated: May 7, 2025

We have lots of doylies and silver on the table, but very little to eat. We never could afford a meal like this. We're sort of crackers-and-tea codfish, really." "Oh, now, Miss Weld!" Chug's mother was aghast at such frankness. But Chug looked at the girl. She looked at him. They smiled understandingly at each other. Scaritt, "so's Chug could go to high school." And "I know it.

Edna Ferber - Half Portions