»Though I’d been sitting in the shop the whole blessed time.» (Tommy And Co. 55. 20.)
The same.
»An afternoon! Bless the man, I want them for a month.» (The Prude’s Progress 19. 6.)
A jovial ex-actress.
»Blowed if I don’t think they’ll be a chirpier lot in t’other place.» (Sketches 201. 25.)
Uncultivated Londoner.
»Blow me if it ain’t me as ’as been cheated out of the fourpence.» (Sketches 128. 6.)
An omnibus conductor.
»Blow me tight if ’ere ain’t a gentleman been looking for Wallingford lock.» (Three Men In A Boat 115. 4.)
A provincial »Arry».