Barrer

a loan, whereby the 'barrer' was replenished and the surly husband set to work; but if all efforts at peacemaking were useless, this new apostle had methods beyond the reach of the ordinary missionary -- he would (the case deserving it) drop his mild, insinuating, persuasive tones, and not only threaten to pulp the incorrigible blackguard into ❋ James Runciman (1871)

“Larst Satiday I got three barrer-loads of gravel off my petaters,” said Mr. Tom Smallways. ❋ Herbert George (2006)

But I sold my barrer a Monday, and paid the bloomin 'tax. ❋ Various (N/A)

'Is father' ad a barrer, thet were what _'is_ father did for a livelihood, an '' is mother were up afore the beaks for poppin 'shirts what she'd took in to wash. ❋ Various (N/A)

Tell you what – next time you wanter stop de clock we'll just wheel de barrer on to it. ❋ Edith (1923)

I expec's 'e was one o' these 'ere blokes wot wheeled an ice-cream barrer. ❋ Unknown (1925)

After some hesitation, one of them said, in a shy voice: "We're waitin 'for the barrer." ❋ Unknown (1915)

"Then take care of it, Mr. Geoffrey; nurse it careful, and we'll have ye doin 'bigger things than push a peanut barrer -- peanuts!" ❋ Jeffery Farnol (1915)

I knowed it was you, sir; leastways I knowed your legs an 'the set o' them shoulders, but -- with a barrer! ❋ Jeffery Farnol (1915)

"Bli 'me! they're all rahnd us now -- like flies rahnd a fish-barrer. Dam' swine! ..." ❋ Percival Christopher Wren (1913)

La pintura más común es aquella en que la mujer arenga en una especie de asamblea a algunas de su sexo, mientras su marido se dedica a barrer la casa y entretener al bebé que llora. ❋ Rafael Palma (1906)

I've 'ad a bit o' bad luck wi 'my barrer, all owing to a plaguing drunken old omnibus-driver, and horl I want is a bit o' help towards the security. ❋ Unknown (1906)

"Larst Satiday I got three barrer-loads of gravel off my petaters," said ❋ Unknown (1906)

"With a check-rope," said Mr. Adams, "-- and I got one in the barrer -- we can lower it down here easy." ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

Hawce barrer an street pianner Hawtellian, lidy: thet's wot e is. ❋ George Bernard Shaw (1903)

But now, these 'ere seats,' said Collins, appearing to appropriate this portion of the scheme as due to his own resourcefulness, 'why, I can get the barrer round and' ave them cleared away in, why less than an hour's time from now, if you'll permit of it. ❋ Unknown (1899)

I dunno how he got 'em, but he made them barrer me. ❋ Edward Dyson (1898)

Just you put on your coat an '' at as fast as ever you can, and borrer Tom Wood's barrer, and run down to Waterloo, and fetch up them two portmanteaus, will you? ❋ Grant Allen (1873)

'E'll just borrer the hand-barrer from the livery in the mews, sir, and wheel it round ❋ Grant Allen (1873)

Why don't you get a shovel and a barrer, and clear your town out o 'people's way?' ❋ Unknown (1861)

[Judy] is a [monkey barrer] because she's still with Mike and tryin to [get with] Pop. ❋ Browneyes24 (2010)