One night she wanted to unlace his shoes and even shine them-would have, in fact, except for his fierce catching of her into his arms and for some reason his Tonsils aching as he kissed her.
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst
She nodded, her Tonsils squeezed together in an absolute knot.
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst
Lilly turned her inflamed, quivering face upon her mother, trying to speak through a violent aching of Tonsils.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst