shquibbed

Updated: May 2, 2025

"'An' how'll ye do that? sez I. 'You've shquibbed off your revolver like a child wid a cracker; you can make no play wid that fine large sword av yours; an' your hand's shakin' like an asp on a leaf. Lie still an' grow, sez I. "'Get back to your comp'ny, sez he; 'you're insolint! "'All in good time, sez I, 'but I'll have a dhrink first.

Rudyard Kipling - Indian Tales

"An' how'll ye do that?" sez I. "You've shquibbed off your revolver like a child wid a cracker; you can make no play wid that fine large sword av yours; an' your hand's shakin' like an asp on a leaf. Lie still an' grow," sez I. "Get back to your comp'ny," sez he; "you're insolint!" "All in good time," sez I, "but I'll have a dhrink first."

Rudyard Kipling - Soldiers Three