The nickname was no doubt accepted so readily, partly from a desire to take the edge off the sneer it was meant to convey, but partly also from the nobler feeling which makes men stand by a truth that is out of favour.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
"And now, Teddy, my lad," he said suddenly to me, to my intense surprise, calling me by my nickname in this unexpected way, "we'll go out, get something to eat, and see the town."
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
nickname of Athens, from the curiosity of its inhabitants.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr