skeezed

Updated: June 9, 2025

"If yer bit," says Tommy, after a pause, "you'll swell up, an' smell, an' turn red an' green an' blue all over till yer bust. Won't he, mother?" "Now then, don't frighten the child. Go to sleep," she says. The two younger children go to sleep, and now and then Jacky complains of being "skeezed." More room is made for him. I'd like to screw their blanky necks." And Jacky protests drowsily.

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils