On the other hand, he felt he had to do his duty by the civilization that provides him with a blue blouse, bread, and bock, so he 'phoned the news to us....
"Swirling Waters"
Max Rittenberg
One can't go to the cafe without threepence to pay for the harmless bock, and if one has threepence one can sit in the cafe discussing Carpeaux, Rodin, and the mysteries, until two in the morning, when one is at last ejected by an exhausted proprietor at the head of numerous waiters.
"The Untilled Field"
George Moore
For nearly a generation Squire Waring had struggled manfully, kindly, quietly, on his little farm up bock River, adding a little now and then to the farm-income by the all-too-infrequent fees derived from his office as justice-of-the-peace.
"Our Nervous Friends Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness"
Robert S. Carroll