When the swells

      I didn’t care for this — when the swells start sending their valuables down the road, God help the rest of us.


Flashman and the Mountain of Light, p.253, Fontana Paperback edition, 1991.




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A hell of a swell

I asked him what he meant by plunging.

'Oh,' he says, 'a plunger is a fellow who makes a great turnout, don't you know, and leaves cards at the best houses, and is sought by the mamas, and strolls in the Park very languid, and is just a hell of a swell generally. Sometimes they even condescend to soldier a little - when it doesn't interfere with their social life.'





Flashman, p. 33, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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