9 Metaphors for constables
"IS THIS THE RESULT OF A BOMB, CONSTABLE?" Constable (fed up).
The constable, the soldier, the daring counsellor at the helm, are often necessities of the time.
Constable is the proper person for them; set a thief to catch a thief: Jonathan Wild will be fully a match for any of the heroes of the 'Beggar's Opera.'
Ile tell you: because a Constable is King of Nights and the other is Prince of Darknesse.
"Archie Constable," he once said, "was a good friend to me long ago, and I will never see him at a loss."
On the 13th of June, 1392, the constable, Oliver de Clisson, was waylaid as he was returning home after a banquet given by the king at the hostel of St. Paul.
Mr. Constable is godfather to my son, who will be at home, and I am anxious to introduce him to Mr. C., who may not be long in town.
The constable and Morse had both been dead men if Bully West could have killed with a wish.
A CONSTABLE Is a viceroy in the street, and no man stands more upon't that he is the king's officer.