dogbolt

Updated: May 21, 2025

Conticuere omnes, as the grammar hath it all men should learn to hold their tongue." "Except with a friend, Tom except with a friend. Thou wilt never be such a dogbolt as to refuse a hint to a friend? Come, you get too wise and statesman-like for your office. The ligatures of thy most peasantly jacket there are like to burst with thy secret.

Sir Walter Scott - Peveril of the Peak