tare-o-war

Updated: May 16, 2025

'Robbin' the nets, you spalpeen; if you throw them salmon you're hidin' undher your coat into the wather, be the tare-o-war 'What salmon, Sir? interrupted the lieutenant. 'Why, salmon's not in season, Sir. 'None iv yer flummery, you schamin' scoundrel; but jest come here and give yourself up, for so sure as you don't, or dar to stir an inch from that spot, I'll blow you to smithereens!

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - The House by the Church-Yard