mother-fuss

Updated: May 6, 2025

And Mahony, struggling into shirt and trousers, had to admit that he would be hard put to it to give it another name. Hush, dolly! Mustn't cry, and make a noise. Uncle Richard's cross. Trotty sat on a hassock and rocked a china babe, with all the appurtenant mother-fuss she had picked up from the tending of her tiny stepsister.

Henry Handel Richardson - Australia Felix