In the latter case it was commonly a saveloy and a penny loaf, and sometimes a fourpenny plate of beef from a cookshop, sometimes a plate of bread and cheese and a glass of beer from a miserable old public-house over the way-the 'Swan,' if I remember right, or the Swan and something else that I have forgotten.
"Curiosities of Impecuniosity"
H. G. Somerville
I have a bit of a saveloy in the cupboard to make a flavor for his tea.
"Good Luck"
L. T. Meade
He had made good use of the two half-crowns, for he had not only feasted-and was feasting still: on a bag of winkles and a saveloy-but was washed and brushed and had gone to the length of a shoe-shine and a collar.
"Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces"
Thomas W. Hanshew