one-thousand-ton

Updated: May 28, 2025

He always referred to his one-thousand-ton yacht as his 'little canoe, and took delight in telling exactly what it cost him by the hour to run, invariably adding that this amount did not include his own food, wines, liquors, and cigars. 'We always charge that up to profit-and-loss account, he would say with a roar of laughter, in which he was joined by a group of his satellites."

J. Stewart (John Stewart) Barney - L.P.M. : the end of the Great War