knifepoint

Updated: May 5, 2025

"Ah!" said the Tinker, "it sounds better a sight better besides, I never read a nov-el with a tinker in it as I remember; they're generally dooks, or earls, or barronites nobody wants to read about a tinker." "That all depends," said I; "a tinker may be much more interesting than an earl or even a duke." The Tinker examined the piece of bacon upon his knifepoint with a cold and disparaging eye.

Jeffery Farnol - The Broad Highway