sphend

Updated: May 28, 2025

Longshores-men, the scum of London, who had worked all their lives for half a pound a week, gaped at the idea of two hundred thousand dollars. Somebody repeated the sum hoarsely. Suddenly they raised an uproar. "We'll take 'er, sir!" "We'll tow th' dock, sor!" "We weel tow zee dock to zee moon for zat!" "Sphend our loives and die rich min!"

T. S. Stribling - The Cruise of the Dry Dock