The orator quoted a speech of Algernon de Wiggs before the Chamber of Commerce, declaring that the restoration of prosperity, especially in agriculture, depended upon "deflation," and this alone; and suddenly James, the carpenter with a religious streak, launched forth: "Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
"They Call Me Carpenter"
Upton Sinclair
A dying pig, it may be mentioned, was a toy much in demand among stock-broking clerks and other frivolous young gentlemen in the City, and consisted of a bladder shaped like a pig whose snout contained a whistle which gave out on deflation an almost human note of anguish.
"An Ocean Tramp"
William McFee
Half of it consisted of tremendous generalities, which made the hearer gasp with a kind of mental deflation.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey