edax-rerum

Updated: May 29, 2025

I suspect he is like the cat in some houses: for, suppose the whiskey, the cigars, the sugar, the tea-caddy, the pickles, and other groceries disappear, all is laid upon that edax-rerum of a Mulligan. The greatest offence that can be offered to him is to call him MR. Mulligan.

William Makepeace Thackeray - The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh