And, albeit unfamiliar with plump aborigines at close range, the foreman entered into the spirit of the game and cast his vote for the present incumbent, deputizing the "yearlin'" to handle the matter.
"Sundown Slim"
Henry Hubert Knibbs
Just imagine what an advantage it would be to have angels deputizing, to use a horrible but convenient word, for Quinston and Lord Hugo Sizzle, for example.
"The Chronicles of Clovis"
Saki
Now and then he made half a sovereign extra by deputizing on the organ.
"The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories"
Arnold Bennett