sarvint

Gin'ral Alger; third, th 'marriage iv Prince Lobengula; fourth, th' scarcity iv sarvint girls in th 'sooburban towns; fifth, th' price iv gas.

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

An old sarvint as has sarved the major faithful these forty years, to be discharged at sixty-five!

The Hidden Hand 1888

An 'I liked to have him fur a sarvint to me, an' I led him on like.

A Dozen Ways Of Love Lily Dougall 1890

Well, be this time the sarvint boys and the rest iv them wor up an 'half dressed, an' in they all run, one on top iv another, wid pitchforks and spades, thinkin 'it was only what his raverence slep' a dhrame iv the like, by means of the punch he was afther takin 'just before he rowl'd himself into the bed.

The Purcell Papers, Volume III 1880

An 'this way she kep' an till mornin ', cryin' and lamintin; an 'wid the first light she called up all the sarvint bys, an' she tould them to go out an 'to sarch every inch iv ground to find the corpse, ` for I'm sure,' says she, ` it's not to go hide himself he would, 'says she.

The Purcell Papers, Volume III 1880

` Well, sir, as I was sayin 'they kep' convarsin 'and smokin' together most agreeable, until Lawrence beginn'd to get sleepy, as was but nathural for him, for he was an ould sarvint man, and was used to a great dale iv sleep.

The Purcell Papers, Volume I 1880

"Your humble sarvint!" saluted the Irishman, removing his hat, making a profound bow and scraping a large foot upon the ground.

Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

Out comes the sarvint vith tuppence or thruppence, and a horder for me to "move on."

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 Various 1876

'Pray go upstairs fust, gentleman,' said she; 'I can't think o' goin 'up fust, an' lettin 'my darter's kind wisiter foller behind like a sarvint.

Aylwin Theodore Watts-Dunton 1873

I go back to Brummagem again this afternoon, and all the better for seeing you two gents; so if you will shake hands, your sarvint to command, Titus Ramball, of the

Glyn Severn's Schooldays George Manville Fenn 1870