"Washday" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... whose ancestor had been an admiral and was never forgotten by the Pauling family—Paulmouth was said to have been named in their honor—arrived at the Ball back door just as the family was finishing the usual "picked-up" washday dinner. Zebedee took off his cap with a flourish, and his grin advertised to all beholders the fact that he felt shy but pleased at his own courage in appearing thus ...
— Sheila of Big Wreck Cove - A Story of Cape Cod • James A. Cooper |
