nowble

Updated: June 19, 2025

When we came to the nest the yellow and brown bunches of down and fluff were peeping out from under the hen's wings in the prettiest fashion in the world. "It's a noble hen!" I said to Phoebe. "She ain't so nowble as she looks," Phoebe answered grimly.

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - The Diary of a Goose Girl