neat-girded

Updated: May 12, 2025

Then she picked up the tray, and, pushing the small table into its accustomed place with a deft twist of the foot, she sailed erect and prim out of the room, and the door primly clicked on her neat-girded waist and flying white ribbons. "And what am I to do with this Signal" Hilda asked, fingering the white, damp paper. "I should like you to read us about the strike," said Mrs. Orgreave.

Arnold Bennett - Hilda Lessways