smoddehin

Updated: May 15, 2025

"It's de smoddehin', boss, de smoddehin'. Oh, why did Ah try an' make trouble ober dem durn sponge beds? Ef Ah eber gets on sho' again Ah'll be a betteh man. Lordy, Lordy, what am Ah gwine to do?" His voice rose in a shriek. "He's a-comin' now!" The pointed fin jerked suddenly and a third of the gigantic shape heaved itself into the air as the devil ray whirled.

Francis Rolt-Wheeler - The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries