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Was fee 'in vay good tempiniment to-night -- hedda jus' rob litty gir 'her earlings. "
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897
vanishedone commented on the word earlings
A wonderful O.E.D. definition for this: 'Possibly a transl. of Fr. oreillettes ‘wires about a woman's head’ (Miège Fr. Dict. 1701); cf. ear-wires.'
May 13, 2009