in-an-out

Updated: May 8, 2025

'Not unless 'tis well followed, like any other line you take up, said Manston. 'Besides, there's a way of liking a drop of liquor, and of being good even religious at the same time. 'Ay, for some thimble-and-button in-an-out fellers; but I could never get into the knack o' it; not I.

Thomas Hardy - Desperate Remedies