sawbaths

Updated: July 3, 2026

"Aw would keep silence for a week o' Sawbaths gin Aw was sure o' seeing a bogle," said Lady Euphemia Dubbin, a Scotch marquess's daughter, who had married a wealthy cit, and made it the chief endeavour of her life to ignore her husband and keep him at a distance.

M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon - London Pride : Or When the World Was Younger