We are getting short of provisions here; we managed to get some Serbian bacon, but when you want anything of this kind you find there is a long line of people outside the shop waiting for it to open, and my commissionaire goes in at the back door and buys it all up; it seems too bad.
"My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915"
Monica M. Stanley
The commissionaire came up to say good-bye with his daughter, and brought from his wife two cooked chickens for our journey, a dozen eggs, walnuts, apples and jam.
"My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915"
Monica M. Stanley
It appeared that Mr. Jeffries had been very hard up indeed, so hard up that, quite recently, he had actually had to take a position as a commissionaire.
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions