pick-me-down-that

Updated: May 20, 2025

If Marius had been familiar with the occult institutions of Paris, he would instantly have recognized upon the back of the visitor whom Basque had just shown in, the statesman's suit borrowed from the pick-me-down-that shop of the Changer. Marius' disappointment on beholding another man than the one whom he expected to see turned to the newcomer's disadvantage.

Victor Hugo - Les Misérables