What is "scorbic"

Usage examples of "scorbic".

They never bustled these days, since the royal couple were not the sort who demanded three meat courses with every meal, and at the moment there was only Mrs Scorbic the cook in there, calmly rolling out pastry.

Mrs Scorbic was permanently angry, in the same way that mountains are per­manently large.

But towards the back of the kitchen a figure unfolded from the old armchair where Mrs Scorbic sometimes held court and ambled towards them.

Mrs Scorbic was permanently angry, in the same way that mountains are permanently large.