stone-wally

Updated: June 5, 2025

Paul had scared her so, when he said, so stone-wally, the way Paul always spoke as if that settled everything, that none of the little girls at school wore rubber boots, and he thought Elly oughtn't to be allowed to look so queer. It made him almost ashamed of his sister, he said.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher - The Brimming Cup