spanshelled

Updated: May 12, 2025

Moan, is the purty crature I was mintionin' as we came along, that intends to get spanshelled wid myself some o' these days that is, if she can bring me into good-humor, the thief." "And if it does happen," said Peggy, "you'll have to look sharper afther him, Mrs. Moan.

William Carleton - Fardorougha, The Miser: The Works of William Carleton, Volume One