That I put into five sweeps and drew blank.
That I lent a man half-a-sovereign.
That I didn't back the winner.
Commercial and Nautical.—Two City men, twin brothers and partners, in character the very reverse of Charles Dickens's kind and generous Cheerybles, are known as "The Twin Screws."
Whitsuntide.—"Don't stop in! I'll take you out if you'll only come," as the dentist said to the tooth.
ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.
Extracted from the Diary of Toby, M.P.