| The spalpeen went across the finish while I was trying to pick myself out of the third hurdle. |
| The spalpeen attempted to resist the officers of the law, and we clubbed him over the head a bit. |
| Don't talk of quarreling wid him and being friendly to me, ye murtherin' spalpeen! |
| Can't ye lend a hand to the spalpeen while you're doing nothing? |
| Why couldn't that spalpeen have showed himself where he made me expect him? |
| He called this morning and said the spalpeen was doing splendid. |
