trial-jestice

Updated: May 16, 2025

"He hed gin her his hand, but no minister nor trial-jestice nor eighteen-carat ring nor stificate could 'a' made Fiddy Maddox anybody's own 'ceptin' the devil's, an' he wouldn't 'a' married her; she'd 'a' ben too near kin.

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - The Village Watch-Tower