Iliff-King phrasebook A very desirable boat
Mis-translation of «un bateau de pêche» – a fishing boat – in a French unseen by a classmate of Mum’s at Lowther College.
“A peach of a …” would have been common parlance there and then
Mum – 1930-40s
Pauline Iliff (Dixon) – mother of Mark, JM, G & Bel