"Staylace" Quotes from Famous Books
... whispered a buxom staylace dealer in voluminous petticoats, who sat near the woman; "yer good man don't know ... — The Mayor of Casterbridge • Thomas Hardy
... all over her face. "Nah!" shoo says, "aw've managed, an' aw've come ta see if tha'll goa wi' us, for Susy's baan up th' street to buy a staylace, an' aw thowt aw'd just goa an' get th' stink blown off, for aw've cawered i' this yard woll aw'm feear'd awst grow maald. Put thi bonnet on, an' goa wi' us, we'st ... — Yorksher Puddin' - A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the - Pen of John Hartley • John Hartley |