push-a-thing-ahead

Updated: September 25, 2025

But, to my great disgust, again there were dissenting voices; for father and mother, aunt Emily, yes, and even impulsive, push-a-thing-ahead uncle Rutherford, said that it would not do to take it for granted that the elder Blairs would not return and claim the children.

Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews - Uncle Rutherford's Nieces: A Story for Girls