Tossing oranges

…a line of Probyn’s riders, Sikhs and Afghans in shirt-sleeves, taking turns to ride full tilt past an officer who was tossing oranges in the air — they were taking ’em with their sabres on the fly, roars of applause greeting each successful cut.
      “Fane’s boys will be doing it with grapes tomorrow, I expect,” says Probyn.



Flashman and the Dragon, p.157, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.


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A china orange

…my life wouldn’t be worth a china orange if I went anywhere they could come at me.

Royal Flash, p.178, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.

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