way-to-go

Updated: May 18, 2025

Farmer Hugo pushed past us and sent a shower of mud in our faces as his horse leapt off again, and 'way-to-go down the hill. My father stood up and lashed our old grey with the reins, and down we went too, bumpity-bump for our lives, the poor beast being taken suddenly like one possessed.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales

Without more ado she bobbed a curtsy, crept from the chapel, closed the door, and way-to-go back to her cottage. When she reached it and struck a light in the kitchen she more than half expected to hear the child cry to her from his cradle. But, for all that Meriden the Priest had told her concerning the Virgin and her power, there the cradle stood empty. "Well-a-well!" breathed Lovey.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - News from the Duchy