dumb-belling

Updated: July 19, 2025

But it did not do much good; for I did not like to hurt Henrietta when I got a chance, and I do not think she liked to hurt me. So I took to dumb-belling every morning in my night-shirt; and at last I determined I would have it out with Johnson Minor, once for all.

Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing - A Great Emergency and Other Tales