pickhandles

Updated: June 7, 2025

Mounted on a white mule, wall-eyed and of hideous form, the Bishop brandished a huge hammer with which he had announced he would destroy the enemies of the people: all butties, doggies, dealers in truck and tommy, middle masters and main masters. Some thousand Hell-cats followed him brandishing bludgeons, or armed with bars of iron, pickhandles, and hammers.

Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - Sybil, or the Two Nations