You are made of far better stuff than to slide into the mere knockabout, harum-scarum adventurer, as some of these up-country going chaps are only too ready to do, especially when they begin young.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
Blake held the knockabout to its course, with the confidence of youth in his prowess, against them.
"A Fool There Was"
Porter Emerson Browne
They reached the side of the knockabout as Blake and Kathryn were dragging Jack Schuyler from the water; and they took him into the other boat.
"A Fool There Was"
Porter Emerson Browne