ex-treme

Updated: May 26, 2025

‘Nice light fly and a fast trotter, sir,’ said another: ‘fourteen mile a hour, and surroundin’ objects rendered inwisible by ex-treme welocity!’ ‘Large fly for your luggage, sir,’ cried a third. ‘Werry large fly here, sir—reg’lar bluebottle!’

Charles Dickens - Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people