hand-in-breast

Updated: May 20, 2025

A box car loomed in the centre of the main picture, "The Affinity Nest of the Hobo Poet," I think it was legended ... then I was drawn standing, one leg crossed over the other, the peak of the toe jauntily resting on the ground, hand-in-breast like an old-fashioned picture.

Harry Kemp - Tramping on Life: An Autobiographical Narrative