pussy-in-the-corner

Updated: June 15, 2025

Jud jammed the top bar into the chestnut post. "Still," he persisted, "where would we a been now?" "If you must know," said Ump, "we'd a been heels up in the slime of the Valley with the catfish playin' pussy-in-the-corner around the butt of our ears." We trotted over to the tavern, flung the bridle-reins across the hitching post, and went bursting into the house. Roy was wiping his oak table.

Melville Davisson Post - Dwellers in the Hills