An insincere flatterer.
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Shoeboy Term Timeline in Ivy Day in the Committee Room
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Ivy Day in the Committee Room
...out for coal, and the men trash talk Tierney some more, calling him “the little shoeboy” and “the tinker,” and mocking Tierney’s excuses for late payment. Henchy gossips about Tierney’s humble...
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...because Tierney has failed to send them “a dozen of stout.” Henchy again mocks the “shoeboy” Tierney, whom he has just seen at the pub. Tierney dismissed him, says Henchy, as...
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