Captin

By the time he came in Howard and Jim had generally finished and gone out -- the old man took a sly delight in keeping "Major" away from "Captin" -- and after cooking his meal, it was his job to wash up and to clean out the kitchen, over which old Joe proved unexpectedly critical.

Back to Billabong Mary Grant Bruce 1918

Large masses of soot fell down into the fireplace throughout the day, seriously interfering with cooking operations, which suggested to Joe that "Captin" might acquire yet another art -- that of bush chimney sweeping -- which he accomplished next day, under direction, by the simple process of tugging a great bunch of tea-tree up and down the flue.

Back to Billabong Mary Grant Bruce 1918

Old Joe had a paddock, once a swamp, which he had drained; it was free of water, but abounded in tussocks and sword grass which "Captin" was detailed to grub out whenever no duty more pressing awaited him.

Back to Billabong Mary Grant Bruce 1918

And sword grass is a fearsome vegetable, clinging of root and so tough of stem that, if handled unwarily, it can cut a finger almost to the bone; wherefore the unfortunate "Captin" hated it with a mighty hatred, and preferred any other branch of his education.

Back to Billabong Mary Grant Bruce 1918

It was always a matter of regret to poor "Captin" that he used to be the one to end the telling, since no story on earth could keep him, after a while, from nodding off to sleep.

Back to Billabong Mary Grant Bruce 1918

That half-hour lull before the pub closed, Captin and Ruby enjoyed the easy quiet and didn’t talk much while they worked: he checked the range and flicked a glob of batter in to test the fat; she scoured the counter and put out fresh greaseproof squares beside the paper, ready to wrap chips, then Captin wiped the counter down again.

Excerpt: Ruby's Spoon by Anna Lawrence Pietroni 2010

She’d worked for Captin (Fridays, Saturdays) since she was ten, and she was saving for a boat.

Excerpt: Ruby's Spoon by Anna Lawrence Pietroni 2010

What evidence do you have for this assertion Captin Descartes? peace

Alice In Wonderland official trailer 2009

Captin Cly - who travels by airship into and out of the city.

REVIEW: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest 2009

Motherless, thirteen-year-old Ruby Tailor is instantly drawn to her, as is Captin, the proprietor of the local chip shop, a fifty-year-old bachelor and father figure to Ruby, and Truda Blick, the Oxford-educated spinster who’s inherited the failing button factory.

Ruby's Spoon: Summary and book reviews of Ruby's Spoon by Anna Lawrence Pietroni. 2010