lath-an'-plaster

Updated: May 22, 2025

Nickie had not left the cage all night, preferring to sleep in his skin rather than risk a sudden descent on the part of the enemy. "What'd yeh do it fer?" said the Skeleton; "a great lath-an'-plaster she-emu like that, too." "Not having anything else to do, Matthew," moaned the Missing Link. "I always was tender with women." "Well, yiv gotter look out, ol' man.

Edward Dyson - The Missing Link