hull-brother

Updated: July 25, 2026

Bixbee sat up straight in her chair with her hands on her knees and an air of one who would see justice done. "'Lish Harum," she began, "wa'n't only half-brother to Dave. He was hull-brother to me, though, but notwithstandin' that, I will say that a meaner boy, a meaner growin' man, an' a meaner man never walked the earth.

Edward Noyes Westcott - David Harum: A Story of American Life