slack-baked

Updated: June 15, 2025

Soup without meat, bread without salt, pie-crust without a filling, slack-baked dough, all these are prototypes of the man without endurance or sufficient stamina to stand getting his delicate feet dashed with dew, or his shell-like ears nipped by frost. Country living is delightful, but, like all other blessings, it has its alternates of shadow.

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