nipped-in-the-budlong

Updated: June 5, 2025

Budlong ever received in that paper without paying for it excepting the time when he ran for Mayor on the opposition ticket and was referred to in letters an inch high as "Candidate Nipped-in-the-Budlong." But now the cornucopia of plenty had burst wide open on the front porch. It seemed as if they would have to wade through gold dollars to get to their front gate when the money was collected.

Rupert Hughes - Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents