high-and-holy

Updated: May 1, 2025

"I think we've heard enough from you, McQuiggan," warned Hal. "Do you!" The promoter sprang from his chair and all the latent venom of his temper fumed and stung in the words he poured out. "Well, take another think. I've got some things to tell you, young feller. Don't you come the high-and-holy on me. You and your smooth, big, phony stuffed-shirt of a father."

Samuel Hopkins Adams - The Clarion