"Mustard plaster" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... looked after. An awkward man stands in the first one I enter, and begins a protest against being put on duty. He says he "'listed to fight," and knows nothing about "nussing." He hands over the materials for a mustard plaster, as he professes profound ignorance on the subject, saying that he fears the men left to his charge will not get very good care. This is the only instance I remember of a man who did not cheerfully try ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 • Various |
