twice-seven's-four-r-teen

Updated: May 20, 2025

"Twice-six's-twelve, 'n' twice-seven's-four-r-teen, 'n' twelve 'n' fourteen's er twelve 'n' fourteen " The unsteady sheepherder was laboring earnestly with the problem. "She ain't no spring chicken, she ain't!" He laughed tipsily, and winked up at the singer, but Billy was not observing him and his mathematical struggles.

B. M. Bower - The Long Shadow