But they did not disturb little Jim, who buttoned up his coat tight, drew down his hat and squared his shoulders as he went out to meet their buffets.
"The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys"
Gulielma Zollinger
Most of the buffets had been cleaned out by the army passing to the front.
"The Soul of the War"
Philip Gibbs
More pitiable, because when they reached such ports as Calais or Boulogne or Havre, the hotels and lodging-houses were overcrowded from attic to cellars, the buffets had been swept clear of food, and committees of relief were already distracted with the overwhelming needs of a Belgian invasion.
"The Soul of the War"
Philip Gibbs