degchies

Updated: July 10, 2026

Give him a fire in the open, screened by stones and a mud wall, a batterie de cuisine limited to one or two war-worn "degchies," and let him have a village fowl and half-a-dozen tiny eggs, and he will in due time serve up, with modest pride, a most excellent repast.

T. R. Swinburne - A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil