cur-spattering

Updated: May 13, 2025

I was making money at this business when, in an evil moment, I was induced to merge it in the Cur-Spattering a somewhat analogous, but, by no means, so respectable a profession. My location, to be sure, was an excellent one, being central, and I had capital blacking and brushes. My little dog, too, was quite fat and up to all varieties of snuff.

Edgar Allan Poe - The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4