A prince who is hedged by the devotion of his people may dispense with the horde of spies and informers, who have driven virtue into banishment and made a crowd of sneaks and cowards.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
They were all a little tired after their long walk, so they were glad to sit and rest after lunch, asking riddles, cracking jokes, and listening to the boys' school tales of exciting cricket matches, private feuds, combats between class champions, and the punishments that had been meted out to certain sneaks and bullies-accounts which were as thrilling in their way as the doughty deeds of mail-clad knights of old, the warlike sentiments being just the same, though the setting of the century might differ.
"The Manor House School"
Angela Brazil
While the show was goin' on we sneaks out of the back of the tent with Rajah and across to the stable.
"Shorty McCabe"
Sewell Ford