Phil in SF quoted Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Steinbeck’s tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependent on one …
He picked up a piece of excelsior and put it in a garbage can and then he looked at Doc where he worked labeling specimen bottles containing purple Velella.
— Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (29%)
new vocabulary: excelsior
softwood shavings used for packing fragile goods or stuffing furniture