thrip-sticks

Updated: May 13, 2025

"Nor peddler," added Mount; "the strap of the Delaware baskets never bowed his legs." "Thrue, avick! Wisha, lad, 'tis horses he knows better than snow-shoes, bed-plates, an' thrip-sticks! An' I've seen him, I think!" "Where?" I asked. He shook his head, vacantly staring.

Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers - The Maid-At-Arms