fire-eater

Dave and the crowd trailed away from Erma and headed for Senor Alcala, the fire-eater at the end of the row.

By-the-bye, that fire-eater, Paul de Cassagnac, has not followed the example of his brother Imperial journalists.

To make a better deal for the fire-eater's phosphates than his fuddling old trustee here was going to close with.

Let anyone dare make fun of the old usurer when he had such a fire-eater to protect him!