purse-holder's

Updated: May 27, 2025

The stand was a rickety, two-story affair, the second story open at the front, and here the judges could be seen debating as heatedly as the crowd beneath them. "There she starts!" Bert cried. "Oh, you rough-house!" The black-haired racer, backed by a dozen supporters, was climbing the outside stairs to the judges. "The purse-holder's his friend," Billy said.

Jack London - The Valley of the Moon