jail-prop

Updated: June 6, 2025

Let 'em larn what a man can do. I am a man, I know all about yer...." Jimmy threw himself further away on the pillow; the other stretched out his skinny neck, jerked his bird face down at him as though pecking at the eyes. "I am a man. I've seen the inside of every chokey in the Colonies rather'n give up my rights...." "You are a jail-prop," said Jimmy, weakly. "I am... an' proud of it, too. You!

Joseph Conrad - The Nigger Of The "Narcissus": A Tale Of The Forecastle