I became the possessor of a hard hat that I might ape the respectables.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
On a sudden while the penurious widows and broken respectables are yet prosecuting their rounds of begging, the great cry "Allaho Akbar" breaks from the mosques and the Faithful troop forth from their homes to prayer-prayer which is better than sleep.
"By-Ways of Bombay"
S. M. Edwardes, C.V.O.
The tombs are not those of Immortals but of respectables.
"Blind Love"
Wilkie Collins