currant-dumpling

Updated: July 4, 2026

But he did not look in bowing trim, his face, buff waistcoat, and shirt, presenting a currant-dumpling appearance rather ludicrous to gaze upon, for they were specked and spotted all over; while his white duck trousers, far above his knees, were dyed of a pitchy black hue, and covered with abominably smelling black mud. "Now, sir," said Mr Jones; "pray, sir, what have you to say to this, sir?"

George Manville Fenn - Hollowdell Grange: Holiday Hours in a Country Home