Vulgar words in Young Barbarians (Page 1)
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Nestie was standing in the centre of the large entrance hall where his father had left him, a neat, slim little figure in an Eton suit and straw hat, and the walls were lined by big lads in kilts, knickers, tweed suits, and tailless Highland bonnets in various stages of roughness and decay.
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"I'll need a laddie to keep me gaein' with balls, and I want a laddie that has some spunk, for he'll hae a rough time."
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When a prig got too many prizes there was an eloquent silence in the hall, till at last a loud, accurate and suggestive "Ma-a-a-a!" from Speug relieved the feelings of the delighted school, and the unpopular prize-winner left the platform amid the chorus of the farmyard--cows, sheep, horses, dogs, cats and a triumphant ass all uniting to do him honour.
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I didna think the 'Bumbees' had as muckle spunk in them; seven wickets, did ye say, against the English?