One was an ex-Larrikin from Melbourne, who went by the name of "Artful Joe"; his real name I never learnt.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
So the Larrikin stopped and said to him, "Dost thou cry out upon me and call to me with these words, O cornute?"
"Supplemental Nights, Volume 1"
Richard F. Burton
Answered the Larrikin, "I gave thee a dirham," and he reviled the Kitchener, who returned his abuse; whereupon he dealt him a buffet and they gripped and grappled and throttled each other.
"Supplemental Nights, Volume 1"
Richard F. Burton