solid-pocketed

Updated: September 5, 2025

Topman was a man of such impressive manners that he quite captivated Wall street, and to have those solid-pocketed old gentlemen speak encouragingly of the house, was, he considered, gaining a great financial victory. In addition to this Topman lived in a fine house, sumptuously furnished, on the west side of Bowling Green, had a servant in livery to open the door, and rode in his own carriage.

F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams - The Von Toodleburgs: Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family