two-plye

Updated: May 27, 2025

"And the clue, why, an ye call't a two-plye twine, and the ends on't in this room e'en now, ye'll not be far out. Oh, mistress, I wonder at you sitting there pretending." "Marry, come up." and the mistress's cheek was now nearly as red as the servant's. "So 'twas I drove the foolish girl away." "You did your share, mistress. What sort of greeting gave you her last time she came?

Charles Reade - The Cloister and the Hearth