holding-up-ing

Updated: June 3, 2025

"Did, eh?" and Ned, the elder of the White boys, instantly put on a defensive air. "Well, whoever he may be, he had better be careful. We happen to have a " "Children," called Major Dale, "if you are going out to look for your bandit, you had best be at it. He will have all his best holding-up-ing done and be off to his cave with the spoils before you beard him outside of his lair."

Margaret Penrose - Dorothy Dale's Camping Days