curdler

Updated: May 6, 2025

"I woke up stiff with fright. Didn't I, Will? Gracious! That first yell was a curdler!" "Just before Jeanette was born I used to have bad dreams, too, but nothing like that. My!" "My mother had a friend whose sister-in-law walked in her sleep right out of a third-story window and was dashed to " "Shh-h-h!" "It's natural, Mrs. Jett. Don't you worry."

Fannie Hurst - The Vertical City

He also told me a horrible tale or two of the South that he had found in the Bodleian. One was a real curdler, I can tell you. Jerry Browne's own moustache seemed to turn up like a German's as he imparted it to me. You know he's romantic enough in his way, though he does lead such a repressed life. You should see him at home.

Arthur Shearly Cripps - Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales