mange-eaten

Updated: June 28, 2025

And she herself dare not even converse before her, is afraid of her lexicon of a bawd and an erstwhile prostitute, looks into her eyes, holds herself servilely, like an old servant, like a foolish, doting nurse, like an old, faithful, mange-eaten poodle.

A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) Kuprin - Yama: the pit