dir-r-ty

Updated: May 27, 2025

"Ay, dir-r-ty he's always that. He's a dirthy fellow, that thinks his yankee charactur is above all other things." Nick's countenance became illuminated with an expression nowise akin to that produced by rum, and he fastened on his companion one of his fiery gazes, which occasionally seemed to penetrate to the centre of the object looked at. "Why pale-face hate one anoder?

James Fenimore Cooper - Wyandotte