jewelsmith

Updated: August 18, 2026

But for present purposes it is sufficient to say that this jewelsmith of words was slight and dark and hook-nosed, and that his hair was thin, and that he was not ill-favored. It may be of interest to his admirers a growing cult to add that his reason for wearing a mustache in a period of clean-shaven faces was that, without it, his mouth was not pleasant to look upon. "Heigho!"

James Branch Cabell - The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations