Willy, my other brother, a handsome, sturdy, bronzed boy of eight, was captured, washed, dressed, and, amongst many struggles, inducted into his boots and socks, articles of clothing he disliked, and which he only endured as a concession to the conventionalities of the Sabbath.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 34