She was trimming a very smart straw hat with pink ribbons; trimming and untrimming, for the bows were tied and untied, taken off and put on, and taken off again, with a look of impatience and discontent […]

School uniforms for boys may include a school tie, jacket, cap and a pair of formal trousers.

She broke into a snatch of a burlesque ditty which used to be popular a good many years ago—'The Continong, the Continong, oh, I am for the Continong!' And a good job, too! If I were to stay in England, you would be running off to meet me somewhere or other every ten days or so, and the cat would very likely be let out of the bag.

They have to pitch to the slugger because there are no empty bases.