side-chopped

Updated: May 27, 2025

Death was the price of a slip. He knew, however, and accepted the risks deliberately a plucky enough act, when you come to think of it, for a beast no more than a foot long and one and a half pounds heavy. The opening came. Quicker than you could realize, the hedgehog half unrolled, and side-chopped with his glistening teeth.

F. St. Mars - The Way of the Wild