His thick neck was corded and hairy, and there were dry, red veins in his cheeks caused by the excessive use of liquor.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
And then after this a multitude of hurrying sensations with their climax in a very, very early morning, when one dressed with a candle, when one's box was corded and one's attic looked strangely bare, when there was a surprising amount to eat at breakfast, when one stole downstairs softly.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
The corded trunk in the hall, the displaced furniture, all things he saw were full of the sad hurry of parting.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr