I'm looking for work again because they gave me the heave-ho.

Probably the hooligan of London need not cost more to redeem than the ike of Manchester or the peaky blinder of Birmingham; the differences in expense lie in the method.

He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth.

Then, alluding with a toss of the head to the tumult in the station-yard, ‘When one has got to make correct entries, one comes to hate those savages - hate them to the death.’ He remained thoughtful for a moment.