Garbage Scow

And, remote from the other ships, to the south, a tiny speck of blue-gray, almost invisible against the sky, and a smaller twinkle of reflected sunlight-a garbage-scow, unflatteringly but somewhat aptly rechristened Hildegarde Hernandez, which had been altered as a bomb-carrier, and the gun-cutter Elmoran. ❋ Piper, H. Beam (1952)

And, remote from the other ships, to the south, a tiny speck of blue-gray, almost invisible against the sky, and a smaller twinkle of reflected sunlight -- a garbage-scow, unflatteringly but somewhat aptly rechristened _Hildegarde Hernandez_, which had been altered as a bomb-carrier, and the gun-cutter _Elmoran_. ❋ H. Beam Piper (1934)

Wrennie called down, sternly, "I ain't no theological student, Pete, and I don't mind profanity, but I wish you wouldn't talk like a garbage-scow." ❋ Unknown (1914)

"An 'what do you call this -- a garbage-scow?" answered Elisha, ill-naturedly. ❋ Morgan Robertson (1888)

Wrennie called down, sternly, “I ain’t no theological student, Pete, and I don’t mind profanity, but I wish you wouldn’t talk like a garbage-scow.” ❋ Unknown (2004)

"You might call on Andrew Daney, my general manager," The Laird continued, turning to Caleb Brent, "and make a dicker with him for hauling our garbage-scow out to sea and dumping it. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Pete, and I don't mind profanity, but I wish you wouldn't talk like a garbage-scow. " ❋ Sinclair Lewis (1918)