sneaker

Updated: June 16, 2025

Wild, finding his search ineffectual, resolved to give it over for that night; he then retired to his seat of contemplation, a night- cellar, where, without a single farthing in his pocket, he called for a sneaker of punch, and, placing himself on a bench by himself, he softly vented the following soliloquy:

Henry Fielding - The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great