unearths some literary gems.
From The Mummy Case, by Dermot Morrah:
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[Nonsense dept.]
"Mutton!" replied Considine briefly.
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[Said of a character with a particularly off-putting manner.]
"He'd have put an oyster's back up."
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[Tweedledum/dee dept.]
It seemed the twins always spoke alternately, and hence a question addressed to the one was generally answered by the other.
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"We've got to catch the Laconic from Southampton."
[N.B. This is a different author from the one who gave us the S.S. Pedantic etc. previously!]
[P.S. "Funny fictitious ship names are the new funny fictitious musical-comedy titles"?]
