skitching

Updated: May 10, 2025

I'd lay a wager that you make, with one thing or another plays, novvles, pamphlicks, and little odd jobbs here and there your three thowsnd a year. There's many a man, dear Bullwig that works for less, and lives content. Why shouldn't you? Three thowsnd a year is no such bad thing, let alone the barnetcy: it must be a great comfort to have that bloody hand in your skitching.

William Makepeace Thackeray - The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush