taterations

Updated: September 29, 2025

His hat was always split and worn in the front, from constantly taking it off, instead of touching it, when he came on the quarter-deck; and, as soon as it was too far gone in front to raise the purchase off his head, he used to shift it end for end, bringing the back part in front, and then he would wear it, until, as the Yankees say, it was in `taterations altogether, and he was forced to bend a new one.

Frederick Marryat - Poor Jack