struldbruggs

Updated: May 15, 2025

Now it came to pass that, about this time, the renowned Wouter Van Twiller, full of years and honors, and council dinners, had reached the period of life and faculty which, according to the great Gulliver, entitles a man to admission into the ancient order of Struldbruggs.

Washington Irving - Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete