pompered

Updated: May 2, 2025

But Absalom, too, had his griefs, and they expressed themselves perversely. "He hev been pompered an' fattened by bein' let ter eat an' sleep so much, till he be so heavy ter his self he don't wanter take the trouble ter get about. He could walk ennywhar. He's plumb survigrus." And as if in confirmation, the youthful Kittredge lifted his voice to display his lung power.

Mary Noailles Murfree - His "Day In Court": 1895