syncopatic

Updated: May 16, 2025

She habitually wore white middies with blue collar and tie, which went well with her clear, pink skin and her hair that just escaped being red. She knew how to tilt her "beach" hat at the most provocative angle, and she knew just when to let Bud catch a slow, sidelong glance of the kind that is supposed to set a man's heart to syncopatic behavior. She did not do it too often.

B. M. Bower - Cabin Fever