We're all dretful short on terbakker.

Young feller, don't you speak French ?" "Oh, yes," said Harvey valiantly; and he bawled: "Hi! Say! Arretez vous! Attendez! Nous sommes venant pour tabac." "Ah, tabac, tabac!" they cried, and laughed again.
"That hit 'em.

Let's heave a dory over, anyway," said Tom Platt.

"I don't exactly hold no certificates on French, but I know another lingo that goes, I guess.

Come on, Harve, an' interpret." The raffle and confusion when he and Harvey were hauled up the bark's black side was indescribable.