The little sheriff, from long attendance on courts and camps, had acquired something more, perhaps, of the desire and disposition, than the capacity, to make long speeches and longer sermons, in the performance of both of which labors, however, he was admirably fortified by the Technicals of the law, and the Bible phraseology.
"Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia"
William Gilmore Simms
I never said that,' said he, laughing; 'but you see that we sailors not only have all sorts of Technicals for the parts of a ship, but we have technical meanings for even the words of common life, so that though I might call you a consummate humbug, I couldn'tsay as much to a Vice-Admiral without the risk of being judged by professional etiquette.
"The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly"
Charles James Lever