I never knew until then that a duck was built like a watch-that his works were inclosed in a burglarproof case.
""Speaking of Operations--""
Irvin S. Cobb
Little Jack lent her his last Christmas money-box-one of those tin banks whose opening is supposed to be burglarproof against the seducing attractions of all hatpins and buttonhooks except those employed by its rightful owner-and Mrs. O'Brien suggested at once that the old wardrobe upstairs would be the place of greatest safety for the bank.
"The Rosie World"
Parker Fillmore