assistant-master

Mr Spooner, who rode hard and did nothing else, and who acted as an unacknowledged assistant-master under Lord Chiltern — there is such a man in every hunt — acted as chorus, and indicated, chiefly with dumb show, the strong points of the case.

Phineas Redux 2004

I possessed of the lot of the private-school assistant-master.

The Little Nugget 1928

What the boy, observing the assistant-master standing about in apparently magnificent idleness, does not realize is that the unfortunate is really putting in a spell of exceedingly hard work.

The Little Nugget 1928

They squeaked with surprise at the sight of the assistant-master in such questionable company.

The Little Nugget 1928

There is no pleasanter sight for an assistant-master at a private school than that of a number of boys expending their venom harmlessly in the sunshine.

The Little Nugget 1928

It was about five weeks from the beginning of term that the river of life at Harrow House became ruffled for the new assistant-master.

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories 1928

It was no part of James's duties as assistant-master at Harrow House to wander about bestowing brotherly kisses on housemaids.

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories 1928

My view, till then, had been that the assistant-master had an easy time.

The Little Nugget 1928

A temporary compromise was effected between the two parties by the securing for James of a post as assistant-master at Harrow House, the private school of one Blatherwick, M.A., the understanding being that if he could hold the job he could remain in England and write, if it pleased him, in his spare time.

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories 1928

I made my imitation of an innocent assistant-master astounded by the news that the butler is

The Little Nugget 1928