poker-heid's

Updated: May 22, 2025

The poker-heid's the identical size o' the rim; I had it made to fit." Loranogie thought it a silly thing of Gourlay to concern himself about a poker. But that was just like him, of course. The moment the body in Glasgow opposed his whim, Gourlay, he knew, would make a point o't. The grain merchant took the bar of heavy metal in his hand. "Dod, it's an awful weapon," he said, meaning to be jocose.

George Douglas Brown - The House with the Green Shutters