If work's sure and steady theer, labour's paid at starvation prices; while here we'n rucks o' money coming in one quarter, and ne'er a farthing th' next.
When he's played at seven, he can be brilliant at the rucks, but the energy and impetus that he was trying to give England, and it didn't work particularly well.
He spared neither tool nor strength; it was heavy work; his shirt rucked up from his trousers at the waist, leaving him bare in front; he lifted on his toes each time to give the sledge a better swing.