"Sticking plaster" Quotes from Famous Books
... tents were furnished just like real soldiers' dwellings; with a good warm blanket for each of the three occupants, a bright tin basin and tooth mug, a cedar bucket to draw water, a square looking glass, like a sticking plaster, and a couple of wooden lockers (which, between ourselves, were made of claret boxes) in each one; beside camp stools ... — Red, White, Blue Socks, Part First - Being the First Book • Sarah L Barrow
... leaned out from the rails and Lister, studying him with the glasses, saw a small patch, like sticking plaster, on his forehead. The side of his face was discolored, as if it were bruised, and frowning savagely, he ... — Lister's Great Adventure • Harold Bindloss |