edwardianspinsteraunt: "Edwardian Interior" by Howard Gilman (Default)
edwardianspinsteraunt ([personal profile] edwardianspinsteraunt) wrote in [personal profile] osprey_archer 2024-12-12 03:50 pm (UTC)

I had heard of Mr Fortune's Maggot but I had no idea (as a British English speaker) that "maggot" could be used with that meaning and I've never encountered it elsewhere IRL or in fiction! :O That clears a lot up actually, the title always had me vaguely confused.
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