"Smash-up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... case I can't get her back here till the morning. . . . Good heavens!"—a new thought striking him. "What about the mater? She'll be scared stiff if I don't turn up in the evening! Probably she'll ring up the police, thinking we've had a smash-up in the car. That would ...
— The Moon out of Reach • Margaret Pedler
... some big risks in the way of business, and—well, things have gone bad with him, you know. Very bad! Really, they couldn't be worse! Of course it was dreadfully rash and all that," he went on, as if commenting upon the amusing waywardness of a child; "but the result is the usual smash-up of everything, money, credit, and all!" He laughed and added, "Yes, he's got cut off—mules and baggage regularly routed and dispersed! I'm in earnest." He raised his eyebrows and frowned slightly, as if to deprecate ...
— Frontier Stories • Bret Harte
... Such a smash-up, as refusal to pay my debts, would injure you also, my father. Besides, ...
— The Argonauts • Eliza Orzeszko (AKA Orzeszkowa)
... smash-up," said Kink, urging Moses into a trot. "We must help them;" and at the same time Hester's white face appeared at the window and ...
— The Slowcoach • E. V. Lucas
... happy about you," said the forewoman solicitously, "until I hear you've got another berth. The smash-up will come as a surprise to the others, but I don't care a snap of the fingers about them or about myself. It's you I'm ...
— Love at Paddington • W. Pett Ridge
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