cowcumber

She had made a point of insisting upon a brisket of beef and a flat-polled cabbage for dinner every Saturday; and the same, with a "cowcumber," cold on Sunday; and for supper a soft-roed herring, ever since her widowhood.

George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore 1862

"cowcumber," and a gold bracelet was referred to as a "goold brasslet."

The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

June 17, 2009 at 8:12 am biscotti an cowcumber in wun sammij?

Frank never really understood - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

I told her that was all right so far as it went, but I'd like somethin 'a little solider to begin with: so she found me a few slices of cold pork and one of her cowcumber pickles, and I eat a right good supper.

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

Ee goes froo the parcels cool as a cowcumber until ee routs aht the registered parcels.

The Motor Pirate G. Sidney Paternoster

If _you_ don't get a fust prize, and "receive the thanks of the Society" I'm a cowcumber!

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 20, 1891 Various

She has provided "two pounds of Newcastle salmon, intensely pickled, a delicate new loaf, a plate of fresh butter, and a basin of white sugar" r Mrs. Betsy Prig is late, and after the usual affectionate greetings she makes the sage remark: "I knowed she'd forget the cowcumber."

Christmas Meeting 1945

He upsot a churnful of cream in the back yard -- and was just as cool as a cowcumber over it -- laughed and said it was good for the land.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 1908

'Tis comfortable enough here for rough folk; but we don't live in a cowcumber frame. '

Tess of the d'Urbervilles 1891

'Ungry, are ye? an' throws it a reg'lar full meal, which, if you believe me, it ate all up as cool as a cowcumber.

The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Marie Corelli 1889