Bob crump, for instance, had been jilted on the very morning he had arranged for his wedding, but instead of going about in a state of gentle melancholy he went round and fought his beloved's father-merely because it was her father-and wound up an exciting day by selling off his household goods to the highest bidders.
"At Sunwich Port, Complete"
W.W. Jacobs
Now and again there was the sullen crump of a German "heavy."
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
For two years and two months she and other women of Arras-one came now to stand by her side and nod at her tale-have lived below ground, coming up for light and air when there is a spell of such silence as I had listened to, and going down to the dark vaults when a German "crump" smashes through another roof, or when German gas steals through the streets with the foul breath of death.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
