on-your-feet

Updated: July 23, 2025

But the hours are not much shorter than a department store's, and it's exacting, on-your-feet work all the time. I liked the work with the children best. Only you never have any time to be anything but neat in a library, and you do get so tired of being just neat, if you're a girl." "And a pretty one," said Allan. "I don't suppose the ugly ones mind as much."

Margaret Widdemer - The Rose-Garden Husband