Prossy

For it had been recognized that, after all, "Prossy" had a perfect right to bring his old mother there -- his well-known youth and inexperience preventing this baleful performance from being established as a precedent.

Trent's Trust, and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869

A day or two later "Prossy" Riggs stood on a sand-blown, wind-swept suburb of San Francisco, before a large building whom forbidding exterior proclaimed that it was an institution of formal charity.

Trent's Trust, and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869

As Proserpine Garnett Miss Prossy, Alexandra Henrikson is a model of feminist frustration -- a woman whose severe intelligence can't always cover for her emotions.

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OKE: Auntie Prossy knows firsthand what difference that makes.

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Ask Prossy and Maria how troublesome the house is even when we have no visitors to help us slice the onions.

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But now, gentlemen, ez we see she ain't that kind, but high-toned and level-headed, and that she's got the grip on Prossy -- whether he likes it or not -- we ain't goin 'to let him go back on her!

Trent's Trust, and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869

In this conscientious way were the shackles of that unhallowed relationship slowly riveted on the unfortunate Prossy.

Trent's Trust, and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869

In his intercourse with his comrades during the next two or three days their attitude was shown in frequent and ostentatious praise of his mother, and suggestive advice, such as: "I wouldn't stop at the saloon, Prossy; your old mother is wantin 'ye;" or, "Chuck that 'ere tarpolin over your shoulders, Pross, and don't take your wet duds into the house that yer old mother's bin makin' tidy."

Trent's Trust, and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869

Joe Wynbrook and Cyrus Brewster had, as older members of the camp, purposely lingered near the new house to offer any assistance to "Prossy and his mother," and had received a brief and passing introduction to the latter.

Trent's Trust, and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869

Davis' 11 other children, ranging in age from 7-year-old Sumini to 16-year-old Prossy, are back home in Jinja with a friend of hers.

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