espression

Updated: May 11, 2025

"Mirandy stood off, thinkin' the creetur was wild or half-witted, likely; but I says: 'Bullets an' bombshells, Mirandy' escuse me, gentlemen, but that's a good, strong-soundin' espression, that relieves my feelin's good as a swear word, bullets an' bombshells, woman, don't yer see the girl's all broke up with the ague? 'Why, sur 'nough! cried she, a-comin' to her senses.

Mary Catherine Crowley - Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir