If ever there was an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptown-on-the-Hudson, called New York.
O. Henry Carolinian
Source
"A Tempered Wind"
- work
- The Gentle Grafter (1908)
- year
- 1908
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“If ever there was an aviary overstocked with jays it is that…” O. Henry. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-C14B1E4856. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/c14b1e4856
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