Iliff-King phrasebook

Example

—I left it on the stairs for you to carry up
—Yes, I smoked it

Collector

M & N – 1980s
Mark & Naomi

Notes

Example:
First I must observe that in the Navy we have two short watches of only two hours apiece, called the first and the last dog-watches. Now it so happened that on the Toulon blockade there was a civilian aboard … and at dinner one day he asked “Why dog watches?” We explained that […]. “But why dog?” says he, “Why should short watches be dog watches?” And there we were, all at a stand, unable to tell, until Maturin piped up, “Why, don’t you see, sir? It is because they are curtailed.” We did not smoke it quite at once, but then it flashed upon us – curtailed, do you see?’
—Patrick O’Brian, Reverse of the Medal 1986