The Lamperts in a horse's mouth are known by every person; they are flaps that many do not understand, they are pieces of loose skin that grow in the wicks of their mouths, adjoining the axel teeth, and when they are eating hay or corn, it is apt to get betwixt them, which makes their mouth fore, and they are afraid of eating.

No, it's wasting sickness, she added, as she turned round to the mother with a lofty air of conviction; it's wasting sickness!

Yeah, Nilla, I like that." Sebastian was humored and enjoyed Jamal's free spirit, but had no intention of endorsing the new name he had been given, beyond the confines of this Buick.

Get out of bed, you lazy lout!