Hold this house

‘Don’t croak so, Flashy,’ says he. ‘I could hold this house with two men and a whore’s protector.’

Flashman, p.120, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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A 'croaker' after all

Cotton protested at this that he was a ‘croaker’ after all – I soon discovered that the word was applied to everyone who ventured to criticize McNaghten or express doubts about the safety of the British force in Kabul.



Flashman, p.87, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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