long-withstood

Updated: May 27, 2025

Indeed, I know of no more sublime figure than Colonel Starbottle rising superior to a long-withstood craving for a "cocktail," morbidly conscious also of the ridiculousness of his appearance to any of his old associates who might see him drinking luke-warm tea and pecking feebly at his bread and butter at a small table, beside his little tyrant.

Bret Harte - Trent's Trust, and Other Stories