sperctooal

Updated: May 6, 2025

"Well, I hope he's got his tail feathered out ag'in," said Israel, dryly. "I do'no' but what hair'd grow as well as feathers in a sperctooal state, and I never see a pictur' of an angel but what hed consider'ble many feathers." Miss Lucinda looked rather confounded.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861