skip-two-and-carry-one

Updated: July 1, 2026

Then he hiked back to Bill's and went for him in broken Bostonese, winding up with: "What the skip-two-and-carry-one do you mean, you old hold-your-breath-and-take-ten-swallows, by stealing my good money. Didn't you know the horse was blind? Why didn't you tell me?"

George Horace Lorimer - Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son