Word: bloke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Admiring the "good grammar" of a cricket player's batting, the Manchester Guardian's scholarly Neville Cardus once called the batsman, a Lancashireman named Watson, "the [Samuel] Johnson of cricket." Demanded outraged Cricketer Watson: "Who did this bloke Johnson play...
...fire was first spotted by four Cambridge moppets and before it was over, 10 engines were on the scene. Firemen attributed their difficulty in fighting the bloke to the fact that the burning wool emitted smoke instead of burning cleanly...
...bloke who complains can dig it himself," he answered. "Those Government bastards talk a lot-but I notice they don't come near the bloody pit face. Scared maybe...
Gravely the Council referred Delegate Hodgson's request to the Secretariat. The chauffeurs (about 50 drive the official U.N. cars) agreed that the Australian member is a good bloke, hopefully jingled the nickels in their pockets...
...leading spirit of Sinking-in-the-Ooze is the Heart Throb himself, a small-voiced, nervous bloke with a laugh as scratchy and uncertain as a wrong key at a lock. Barker's scenes with his designing secretary (played by his wife, Pearl) often carry off the show. "There," says Pearl, "two eyes looking at you so tenderly, two soft arms offering you something you can't possibly resist." Barker: "Camembert!" Pearl: "No, Love!" Barker (with a quivery laugh): "Steady, Barker...