The Flashman gambit

      “I'll be jiggered!” cries he. “It's the Flashman gambit . . . grovel and whine — then strike when your man's off guard!”


Flashman and the Tiger, p.148, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000.


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A critter best left alone

Aye, that would teach him that Flashy’s a critter best left alone because as Thomas hughes pointed out, he can find ways of striking home that you ain’t even thought of.


Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, p.69, Harper Collins, 1995.


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Strike only to wound

Old Morrison looked at me and groaned, and looked at his truncheon again.
 ‘It’s a terrible thing to tak’ human life,’ says he.
 ‘Don’t take it then,’ says I. Strike only to wound. Get your back against a wall and smash ’em across the knees and elbows.’
 The females set up a great howl at this, and old Morrison looked ready to faint.

Flash For Freedom!, p.18, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.

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