zuwachs

Updated: July 7, 2025

There were forty-eight—grey-haired men and puny boys—all ragged, and stalking with slippered feet from end to end with listless eyes. On my entrance I was instantly surrounded by a dozen of the younger jail-birds, amid a shout of “Ein Zuwachs!

William Duthie - A Tramp's Wallet: stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France