tobacco-wreathed

Updated: May 10, 2025

I'll come up to tuck you in, mummy." And though she did not descend to the cellar until the overhauling process was nearly completed she did come down in time for the last of the scene. She perched at the foot of the stairs and watched the two men, overalled, sooty, tobacco-wreathed and happy.

Various - O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919

I'll come up to tuck you in, mummy." And though she did not descend to the cellar until the overhauling process was nearly completed she did come down in time for the last of the scene. She perched at the foot of the stairs and watched the two men, overalled, sooty, tobacco-wreathed, and happy.

Edna Ferber - Half Portions