f-i-g-g-e-r

Updated: May 20, 2025

"Spell it!" pleaded Maud, shaking her younger sister into a sobful semi-silence. "F-i-g-g-e-r!" spelled Mrs. Jo G. in an ominous murmur. Maud Grace's flat, expressionless face took on a really imbecile blankness. "Figger!" she repeated over and over. "Figger! That's worse t' understand than modil. I don't see why you can't talk plain talk, Ma!" "'Cause I told you.

Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock - Janet of the Dunes