"Gaiter" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... beg of you, kill the horrible reptile!" moaned Miss Slocum, who at that moment was as indifferent to the proprieties as Mrs. Huzzard, and was displaying considerable white hosiery and black gaiter tops. ...
— That Girl Montana • Marah Ellis Ryan
... heel, upon reaching which it wound around the inner side of the leg. About four inches below the knee a sound strip of cuticle, about 1 1/2 inches, was left intact. The lightning passed off the heel of the foot, bursting open the heel of a strongly sewed gaiter-boot. The woman was rendered unconscious but ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould
... Mr. Freeman seated, ere a pair of little hands were busy with each foot, removing gaiter and shoe, and supplying their place with a soft slipper. There was not one in the household who did not feel happier for his return, nor one who did not seek to render him some ...
— The Wedding Guest • T.S. Arthur
... cope with that powerful rival. Never had there been a more unwise or suicidal proceeding. In shameful ignorance of the real condition of the army, which he was made to believe was "five times ready," "ready to the last gaiter button," he marshalled against the thoroughly prepared military power of Germany an army ill-organized, ill-supplied, without proper reserves, and led by commanders of appalling incapacity. Maps and plans were bad; strategy was an unknown quantity; ...
— Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality. French. • Charles Morris |
