pussy-footed

Updated: August 9, 2026

But two days and nights of still-hunting, of patiently lying in wait behind brush fences, of noiseless, pussy-footed patrolling in likely places, brought the survivor of the decimated Dugmores his chance. He caught Pegleg Trantham riding down Red Bird Creek on a mare-mule. Pegleg was only a distant connection of the main strain of the enemy.

Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb - The Escape of Mr. Trimm: His Plight and other Plights