spitlesfield

Updated: May 26, 2025

Although held in great respect by the settlers, Critchel was what might be called a shabby-looking little man, for his raiment consisted of a brown coat, which he had worn threadbare, a pair of greasy pantaloons that were in shreds at the bottom, a spotted vest, and a Spitlesfield neckerchief. Indeed, he was as antique in his dress as in his ideas of the science of medicine.

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