lumber-queen

Updated: July 19, 2025

And there he met the lumber-king, who was tall and imposing of aspect; and the lumber-queen, who was verging on stoutness; and the three lumber-princesses, who were disturbing creatures for a poet to gaze upon. It seemed to Thyrsis that he had been dwelling in the slums all his life so sharp was the shock which came to him at the meeting with these young girls.

Upton Sinclair - Love's Pilgrimage