listening-distance

Updated: May 16, 2025

If a body desires to talk private business with one of the editors, he must call him outside, for no hint milder than blasting-powder or nitroglycerin would be likely to move the bores out of listening-distance.

Mark Twain - Sketches New and Old, Part 2.

If a body desires to talk private business with one of the editors, he must call him outside, for no hint milder than blasting-powder or nitroglycerin would be likely to move the bores out of listening-distance.

Mark Twain - Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 6 (1907-1910)