"Bloater" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... spectacle, Madam, for me. Long spell of "chokee" for prigging a—filbert (Given, you bet, by some rural J.P.); Easy let-off for a bogus "Promoter," Helping the ruin of hundreds for gain; Six months for stealing a turnip or "bloater," Ditto for bashing a wife on the brain: Sentences cut to one-twelfth on appealing, Judges and juries at loggerheads quite! Really each day brings some curious revealing, Putting you, Ma'am, in a ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, Jan. 2, 1892 • Various
... wakes at the even chime, The appetite long past its prime. The supper-room at the Club looks dim. What shall I "peck" for an epicure's whim? Roe, Bloater's Roe! That's the brief repast To tickle the ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, July 23, 1892 • Various
... into the cave, and in a minute or so came forth again, bearing the bloater paste and a plate in one hand, and the biscuits and a knife in the other. 'Now,' he said, 'fall to, and while you are eating these I must try to find something else. Tinned pears—do ...
— The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice • E. V. Lucas
... already seated at table, and he hastily cancelled an order for Yarmouth bloater and asked instead for ...
— Abe and Mawruss - Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter • Montague Glass
... remember eating five of 'em," she said, "and coming home to a tea of winkles and bloater paste. Oh Gawd! I'll be in my grave before I can ...
— The Dark House • I. A. R. Wylie
... mind had its way, as usual, and the next day the skipper, coming quietly on deck, was just in time to see Joe Bates throw down a fine fat bloater in front of the now amiable Rupert. He covered the distance between himself and the dog in three bounds, and seizing it by the neck, tore the fish from its eager jaws and ...
— Sea Urchins • W. W. Jacobs |
