half-under

Updated: May 3, 2025

A bystander removed his pipe from his mouth, and with it pointed to a flattened pocket-flask sticking out of her smashed reticule, half-under her, and sententiously explained: "That's what's the matter with Hannah!" The sentence took growth and spread all over the Union.

- The Lincoln Story Book : A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form