T. Hughes

Cited as T. Hughes. — 13 quotations

Choky

The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey.

Floor

I've floored my little-go work.

Gradus

He set to work . . . without gradus or other help.

Graze

Turning him out for a graze on the common.

Heft

A man of his age and heft.

Keep

I performed some services to the college in return for my keep.

Scamp

Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute.

Shunt

For shunting your late partner on to me.

Spurt

The long, steady sweep of the so-called “paddle” tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.

Thick

We have been thick ever since.

Tuft

Several young tufts, and others of the faster men.

Twaddle

I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days.

Wardrobe

With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe.