throwingdown

Updated: June 3, 2025

'Listen, Mrs Colclough replied, with a delightful throwingdown of the glove. 'I'll bet you a level sovereign that child hasn't got the mumps. So there! And Oliver will guarantee to pay you. 'Aye! said Mr Colclough; 'I'll back my wife any day. 'Don't bet, Bob, Mrs Brindley enjoined her husband excitedly in her high treble. 'I won't, said Mr Brindley.

Arnold Bennett - The Grim Smile of the Five Towns