sharp-fangled

Updated: May 18, 2025

Goin' to be sent out to her death or worse, by a sharp-fangled wolf of a boardin'-house keeper, who'd gnaw the skin off'n your bones, an' then crack the bones to get at the marrer, if you give her the chanct. I'll tell you all about it later, Sammy." For days Claire lay in a state of drowsy quiet.

Julie Mathilde Lippmann - Martha By-the-Day