squared-up

Updated: May 5, 2025

Anyway, Smythe's gittin' a slant to come to an understandin' with M'Gregor about me; an' if it ain't satisfactory, there'll be bad feelin' between us. I want to be kep' at my own proper work, or else sacked an' squared-up with not shoved into a job like this the minit I show my face; with that young pup cheekin' me for callin' him 'Bert. 'Mr. Smythe, if you please, says he!

Joseph Furphy - Such Is Life

When my lady went upstairs, he asked whether that was the countess, and followed her to the foot of the stairs to look after her. I never saw any gentleman stare so." Val played with his wine-glass, and pondered. "I don't believe I owe a shilling in the world," quoth he betraying the bent of his thoughts, and speaking to no one in particular. "I have squared-up every debt, as far as I know."

Mrs. Henry Wood - Elster's Folly : A Novel