gin-bloated

Updated: May 21, 2025

All these were blotted out by a grotesque and terrible nightmare brood frowsy, shuffling creatures from the pavements of Whitechapel, gin-bloated hags of the stews, and all the vast hell's following of harpies, vile-mouthed and filthy, that under the guise of monstrous female form prey upon sailors, the scrapings of the ports, the scum and slime of the human pit. "Won't you sit down, Mr.

Jack London - Martin Eden