rag-and-dirt-covered

Updated: May 18, 2025

A shaky, rag-and-dirt-covered framework of a big man rose uncertainly from a corner of the room, and, staggering forward, brushed the staring thatch back from his forehead with one hand, reached blindly for the edge of the bar with the other, and drooped heavily. "Well, Awful Example," demanded the shanty-keeper. "What's up with you now?"

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils