狄更斯《远大前程》：

"Whether common ones as to callings and earnings," pursued Joe, reflectively, "mightn't be the better of continuing for to keep company with common ones, instead of going out to play with oncommon ones,—which reminds me to hope that there were a flag, perhaps?"

乔若有所思地又继续往下说：“干小行业又挣不起钱的平凡人，恐怕还是照旧结交平凡人的好，去跟不平凡的人玩儿有什么好呢——说到玩儿，我又想到，你说的旗子，那大概总不会假吧？”