fruit-peddler's

Updated: July 10, 2026

She wore a blue hat with a red bow and a profusion of small objects red cherries and purple grapes bobbing on wires above it. The general effect, quoting Mr. Bloomer again, was "as if somebody had set off a firecracker in a fruit-peddler's cart." The remainder of her apparel was more subdued. She removed the explosive headgear and came forward in response to the light keeper's command.

Joseph Crosby Lincoln - Galusha the Magnificent