skew-whift

Updated: May 9, 2025

He rested Brummy on the ground while he had another pull at the bottle, and, before going on, packed the bag of bones on his shoulder under the body, and he soon stopped again. "The thunderin' jumpt-up bones is all skew-whift," he said. "'Ole on, Brummy, an' I'll fix 'em" and he leaned the dead man against a tree while he settled the bones on his shoulder, and took another pull at the bottle.

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils