"1893: On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket. -- Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The Naval Treaty' (Norton 2005, p.666)"
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"1893: On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket. -- Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The Naval Treaty' (Norton 2005, p.666)"