messes had occasionally invited him to their tables.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
If you speak the truth you'll say that you have married an incompetent fool who messes up everything he tries to do.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
Inside the farmhouse there was the battalion mess, at one long table and one short, because it was felt better for all the officers to be together instead of splitting up into company messes.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs