pater, mater
»I say to myself I’ll do a thing, but the mater talks and talks, and——.» (Sketches 41. 12.)
A young gentleman.
»I promised the Mater I would, and I did.» (Sketches 80. 30.)
The same.
»The Mater gave me half-a-crown a week for pocket-money.» (Sketches 81. 9.)
The same.
»The pater came to the conclusion that it was time he laid down a dog.» (Novel Notes 48. 18.)
The same.
The commonest familiar names for the parents on the lips of the average public schoolboy.