It is classed by custom among the profane words; why, it is hard to say,--but it is largely used in the street by those who speak of their fellows in pity or in wrath.
I never heard the young fellow apply the name of the odious pretended fish to the little man from that day forward.
-- Here we are, then, at our boarding--house.

First, myself, the Professor, a little way from the head of the table, on the right, looking down, where the "Autocrat" used to sit.

At the further end sits the Landlady.

At the head of the table, just now, the Koh-i-noor, or the gentleman with the diamond.

Opposite me is a Venerable Gentleman with a bland countenance, who as yet has spoken little.