... complacent gaze could roam over object after object that represented the spoils of victory or the salvage of honourable defeat. The delicious bronze Fremiet on the mantelpiece had been the outcome of a Grand Prix sweepstake of many years ago; a group of Dresden figures of some considerable value had been bequeathed to her by a discreet admirer, who had added death to his other kindnesses; another group had been a self-bestowed present, purchased in blessed ... — The Unbearable Bassington • Saki
... momentary silence spake A Brassie of a more ungainly make— "They sneer at me for leaning all awry: Well, then, I ask who won the last Sweepstake?" ... — The Golfer's Rubaiyat • H. W. Boynton
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