splitfig

Updated: April 30, 2025

Now began such a contest as was seldom if ever seen; the descendants of a petty-fogging attorney, a bankrupt tailor, a usurious splitfig, &c. &c. &c. I was hoisted upon the shoulders of those who stood in the centre of this brave phalanx, and had a perfect view of all their operations.

Henry Hunt - Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3