each whooping with a merry shout

Moving a-tiptoe, silent as the elves, / As mischievous too, trip three bare-footed girls / Not yet opened to womanhood— […]

Traditionally, Asian/Pacific producers of froglegs wrap their products individually in cellophane or polythene foil and airblast freeze them either individually or in shatter-proof blocks, which can easily be broken when the time comes to separate them. This means that the importer has to re-pack the froglegs into consumer packaging, an operation which usually adds to his costs and inconveniences.

an idle unoperative Complacency