zero-hearted

Updated: July 5, 2025

Una's face flamed upon the bribe, and was so pretty lit by that fixed star in the eye, that it must have been a zero-hearted nickum who could turn his back upon it. "Hold my hat," said Pem: if she had been a boy, the tone would have meant: "Hold my coat while I thrash him!"

Isabel Hornibrook - Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl