untakin'est

Updated: May 20, 2025

I just took hold of their things an' flung 'em in the 'bus, and the old fat one she says, 'Are you Mrs Clay's groom? an' I says, 'Mrs Clay is my grandma, an' she says, 'Oh'!" "Well, you might have introduced yourself a bit better to make things more agreeabler, but they really are the untakin'est people I've seen for a long time. Ain't I delighted that Dawn took after my side!

Miles Franklin - Some Everyday Folk and Dawn