"Then," said I, "you had better cut both your sails adrift and Fother them over the leak; after which your only chance of safety will be to make for the nearest port-which I take to be Porto Bello.
"The Log of a Privateersman"
Harry Collingwood
He had a strong feeling of the worthlessness of man's life in comparison with the work he has to do, even if that work be only the spreading of a Fother of dung.
"Alec Forbes of Howglen"
George MacDonald
But there ain't aits nor yet Fother, nor nowt for bedding down.
"The Eustace Diamonds"
Anthony Trollope
