Ferrets are fiercely solitary animals. They are no more likely to get together in a fesnyng that you or I are. […] 'Well, there was a fesnyng in your bathtub..."

Jones fouled the ball off the facing of the upper deck.

Not given to backbiting.

We usually reckon if a cow does not respond to good food at the pail, that she is putting it on her back; that is, she fattens, and is thus more of a beefer than a milker, and should not be retained for milking purpose.