tarlatan , także: tarletan

"Your being here tells us what we need to know, Tarlatan.

"The organization is a lot bigger than you think, Tarlatan-"

"Just how stupid do you think we are, Tarlatan?"

"In case you've forgotten your manual, Tarlatan, that's a recall order," he went on.

"Over the years I've been forced to do many things that caused me pain, Tarlatan.

The old Tarlatan brain was ticking over now.

"Don't talk nonsense, Tarlatan," Heavy said sharply from behind me.

Everybody on deck on the double; you too, Tarlatan!

"Lieutenant Tarlatan," he said in a voice as flat as a millstone.

"Stop and think for a minute, Tarlatan.

The polished surface is then wiped clean using newsprint and tarlatan, leaving ink only below the plate level.

"Let's make the position quite clear, Tarlatan.

I wanted the violet silk, but there isn't time to make it over, so I must be contented with my old tarlatan."

So out came the tarlatan, looking older, limper, and shabbier than ever beside Sallie's crisp new one.

Things are falling apart, Tarlatan.

"Admiral Tarlatan was a distinguished officer.

Move the dogs, Tarlatan.

All done, Tarlatan.

Poor young Banastre Tarlatan, once so full of promise and high ideals, all alone with the bats in his belfry.

Too late, Tarlatan.

"Where are you going, Tarlatan?

"You don't know anything, Tarlatan.

"Poor, bitter, disillusioned young Tarlatan," Heavy said sardonically.

You'll learn that, Tarlatan.

"I'll save your neck for you, Tarlatan," Hatcher whispered, as if he was afraid Crowder could hear him after all.