taxidermed

Updated: May 13, 2025

He dressed carelessly in a négligé suit of neutral-tinted clothes, including a pair of trousers which seemed to fit him in that shy and reluctant manner which characterized the fit of the late lamented Jumbo's clothes after he had been indifferently taxidermed. Colonel Root and I called him "Governor," and thereby secured knowledge which could not be obtained from books.

Bill Nye - A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories