Joppy

But when we did business at a bad angle Joppy ended up dead.

White Butterfly Walter Mosley 1992

"Why, we thought you were getting fat, Joppy," burst out Marny at last.

The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

"Got to sit on Joppy some way or we'll be talked to death," and he squeezed a tube of color on his palette.

The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

Cost Joppy a lot of money and break up all his summer work!

The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

"And now just look at you, Joppy, instead of a forty-inch chest --"

The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

"Well, to tell you the truth, Joppy, you do -- yellow as a gourd -- not always, just now and then when you walk fast or run upstairs."

The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

Schonholz help Joppy to his feet and one or two of you fellows walk behind to pick up the pieces in case he falls apart before we can feed him.

The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

"I can tell you, Joppy," said Pudfut gravely, with a wink at Malone.

The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

If Joppy was ill, which he doubted, some of the German experts in whom the Bostonian believed would find the cause and the remedy.

The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

"As dear old Joppy used to say," was a common expression, and "By Jove, he was right!" not an uncommon opinion.

The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876