Now, John fibbed a little, for neither Grace nor he had thought in the least about them, or anything else but each other, from the moment they separated until the gig arrived.

" "Of course I remember Mr. Kramer," fibbed the matron cordially, all unaware of her daughter's duplicity.

Answer me this: Hast thou ever fibbed a chouse quarrons in the Rome pad for the loure in his bung?" I.E., in old beggar's cant, "beaten a man or gallant upon the highway for the money in his purse."