Word: fetch
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Captain Stephenson coolly ordered someone to fetch him his cigars. "You won't need them," said the German politely. "We have plenty aboard." Snapped salty Captain Stephenson: "I don't want your goddamn German cigars" . . . and with a box of his own under his arm he climbed down into the belly of the submarine. Having looted the cargo ship of food, the U-boat stood off, shelled it, then submerged...
...other orderlies were drafted on their first night to ride with an ambulance driver to fetch an 83-year-old woman who had broken her hip. The inexperienced, and for the most part unsuccessful driver dashed wildly about the streets of Boston. When they finally arrived at the correct street, by trial and error, they encountered difficulties in removing the heavy, wheeled stretcher from its intricate moorings on the floor of the ambulance, and in twisting it up two flights of tortuously curved Victorian steps. After they accomplished the ticklish task of lifting the old lady to the stretcher...
That was the kind of flying meant by Britain's Air Marshal Harris when he wrote to Major General Eisenhower on the eve of the raid: "I wish you luck . . . I know your magnificent youngsters will fetch a grunt out of the enemy with the first punch...
...Saturdays. In 1939 there were 12,000 dogs on the tracks, now there are 6,000. Most of the retired dogs were not destroyed, but made into pets or put out to stud. Bidding is still keen for good dogs at sales, where a promising pup will fetch 300 to 400 guineas (a guinea is currently worth $4.22). A greyhound pup knocked down for 100 guineas is considered practically a selling plater...
...send to my friend, the cab'net-maker, to fetch it back, Sammy," replied Mr. Weller. "Are you awake...