unearths some literary gems.
From Merry-Andrew, by Keble Howard:
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a voice of practically unlimited register, but utterly beyond control, so that even a very short sentence resolved itself into a sort of chromatic scale
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The suits were extremely baggy--so baggy that Mr. Weevil was able to move about inside them rather like a cat under a hearthrug.
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[And some names]
Messrs. Plumbridge, Slice & Co.
Mr. Inchboard [The OED tells me that "inch-board" is board that's an inch thick. Fair enough!]
Mr. Cecil Punt