gad-a-way

Updated: May 2, 2025

The problem of educating his children could appear to him in no light except a sober one. "Bear Creek," he said, "don't want the experience they had over at Calef. We must not hire an ignoramus." "Sure!" assented the Virginian again. "Nor we don't want no gad-a-way flirt," said Mr. Taylor. "She must keep her eyes on the blackboa'd," said the Virginian, gently.

Owen Wister - The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains