The pupils of Mr. Phillips had been formerly called by Mr. Welsby's boys the Phillipians, which title had in time given place to the present nickname of the Philistines.

"Looks like we've come to a camp, Boss!" He hadn't called the Colonel by the old nickname for many a day.

This, look you, to the most dignified man in Lichfield,a person who had never borne a nickname in his life.

Cockayne would derive cowslip from cu, cow, and slyppe, lip, and cow-wheat is so nicknamed from its seed resembling wheat, but being worthless as food for man.

"Old Morality" was the nickname by which he was known; and this term is one of great honour.

Besides this sturdy young chap with the lower limbs that were a little bowed, and which fact had doubtless suggested such a nickname to his schoolmates, there were two others busily engaged in gathering the material to be used in affording them a rude, but effective shelter during the coming night.

But his laughter seems to pour from him in floods; he heaps all manner of ridiculous nicknames on the butt he is bantering, tumbles and tosses him in all sorts of horse-play; you would say, with his whole heart laughs.

We always joked him about these flowers at college until 'The Primrose' came to be his nickname among ourselves.

Everybody who was anybody had a nickname at Lucky Star City, and Hilliard was rather pleased with "High-pockets" bestowed upon him because of his height and his long straight legs.

In consequence of Dobbin's victory, his character rose prodigiously in the estimation of all his school fellows, and the name of Figs, which had been a byword of reproach, became as respectable and popular a nickname as any other in use in the school.

No man ever lived who was distinguished by more nicknames than Louis Napoleon.