ripper-up

Updated: May 4, 2025

I hope you've given her every satisfaction, Master Wheatman." "That he hasn't," said Margaret briskly. "He's spent far too much time putting me in what he considers my proper place." "My friend," said he to me gravely, "you're in for a dog's life." "You're right about the life, dad, but wrong about the dog. Good-bye till supper, you nasty ripper-up of your daughter's character!"

George W. Gough - The Yeoman Adventurer