shoot-in'-iron

Updated: June 15, 2025

Over and again, as he stood by the porch, the violin in his arms, he touched the strings tentatively, as if, perchance, being so alive, they might of their own motion recall the strain that had so lately thrilled along them: He had grown tall and slender. He wore boots to his knees now, and pridefully carried a "shoot-in'-iron" in one of the long legs to his great discomfort.

Mary Noailles Murfree - The Moonshiners At Hoho-Hebee Falls: 1895