To this day, sitting in the front passenger-seat of a motor-vehicle is still called “riding shotgun” – an allusion to the armed coach guard who would sit next to the driver of a stagecoach, to provide armed protection in the event of a holdup. For all these reasons and more, f...
Coachman drove a coach, or acted as a guard, or looked after the horses Coal Backer A person employed to carry the sacks of coal from the coal barge to the coal wagons. Coal Burner A person who made charcoal. Coal Dealer & Greengrocer sold fruit and vegetables as well as coal Coal Dra...
There was the familiar smell of warm gun-oil. I had lived in Munich for two years now and had never regretted it. After the War (or the Pakistan Affair, as they had called it) against the Yellow People Federacy, where I had served in the Infantry, I had come to Bavaria to unwind...