In the general store at cisco, whence it had originated, it had doubtless been considered a sport costume, for there was a skirt of huge blue and white checks, a crepe waist of burnt orange, and over that a vegetable-silk sweater, with the broadest, greenest stripes Gray had ever seen.
"Flowing Gold"
Rex Beach
The grayling chuckled a hoarse "ha-ha," And the cisco tittered a rude "he-he"- But the Thompson merrily sang "tra-la" As his bark bounced over the Northern Sea.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
And the grayling chuckled again "ha-ha," And the cisco tittered a harsh "ho-ho"- But the Thompson anchored furninst a bar And called for a schooner to drown his woe.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson