nipped-in-the-bud

Updated: July 2, 2026

Not a miserable half-jag, stopped in mid-career by lack of funds and of credit a nipped-in-the-bud debauch, such as so often had sent him home cranky and unsatisfied and railing against poverty. No, this was going to be the real thing a record performance, even for these pre-prohibition times. Ferris fed the collie and shut him into the kitchen, pending his own return from Hampton.

Albert Payson Terhune - His Dog