top-lift

Updated: July 8, 2025

He fell with it, but had the luck to be caught in a top-lift as he fell, and so saved his life. "It was pluckily done," ended the account, "but nevertheless all is not exactly right about him, and he is not turning out as well as he promised." "I never expected very much from him," remarked Carl, with a contemptuous shrug of his shoulders; "he's a bad lot."

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