thick-wicked

Updated: June 24, 2025

Up went Moggy, with her thick-wicked kitchen candle, to seek repose; and Betty, resolving not to be long behind, waited only 'to wash up her plates' and slack down the fire, having made up her mind, for she grew more nervous in solitude, to share Moggy's bed for that night.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - The House by the Church-Yard