ghastly-joking

Updated: June 19, 2025

All had solemn puckers about the brows; some were silent, some ghastly-joking in whispers, and one, face averted, was obviously praying. Up and down the sanded deck between the guns, picking his teeth, strutted a tall and faded splendour.

Alfred Ollivant - The Gentleman : A Romance of the Sea