"Confab" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the House of Commons, after congratulating him on his present enviable position, finished the confab with the following unrivalled conundrum:—"By the bye, which of your vegetables does your Tamworth speech resemble!"—"Spinach," replied Peel, who, no doubt, associated it with gammon.—"Pshaw," said the gallant Colonel, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, August 28, 1841 • Various
... a confab," said Lewis, as his companions gathered about him. "I wonder what they are going to ...
— The Riflemen of the Miami • Edward S. Ellis
... in camp an' not let him go to pawin' 'round for real trouble with the festive Jaybird, Enright stands in to cap the game himse'f; an' puts it up in confab with this Todd the next day as how he sees the rattlesnake, an' that it's mighty ...
— Wolfville • Alfred Henry Lewis
... Then all at once the lads 'ad a confab an' went away, an' in a few minutes they was back with some lovely straight planed props of timber, an' they chopped 'em up in a jiffy 'an got the fire roaring 'ot, an' I gave 'em the ball, an' your ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 10th, 1920 • Various
... listen in on this confab?" Frank asked, plaintively. "Or must I continue to mount guard here? Besides, I want to go down and look at our airplane, and pat it even if I can't get in and fly. I can see it from ...
— The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border • Gerald Breckenridge
... doctor was telling me that there's been a round dozen of the past two days' casualties begging that same thing—not to be sent away till we come out of the trenches. And to beat all, McRory, when he was told he was going just the minute the ambulance came, had a confab with the stretcher bearers, and I heard him arguing with them about 'his share,' and 'when they got the Gineral,' and 'my bit o' the fifty thousand francs.' It ...
— Action Front • Boyd Cable (Ernest Andrew Ewart)
... be bound. I admire his nerve in holding the confab under our very noses. I'll have Britt interview those fellows at once. Our kitchen, our stable and our domestic discipline ...
— The Man From Brodney's • George Barr McCutcheon
... deal of method in my madness. Say that Sher Singh, in confab with his friends, or his own uneasy conscience, begins to perceive the extreme improbability of your returning quietly into the lion's mouth once you are safely out of it. Do you think he won't harden his heart like Pharaoh, and refuse to let ...
— The Path to Honour • Sydney C. Grier |
