For instance, if a patron wished to place a full complete bet on 17, the player would call "17 to the maximum."

"Yes," Marcus said in a good, steady voice, "my patron wishes a haircut."

"My patron wishes you to shave his head."

Furthermore, gold was used if a patron who had commissioned a book to be written wished to display the vastness of his riches.

"Forgive me, but the patron would not wish, later, to recall that he had spoken of his sister in such terms."

In many cases, those dollars were beyond the limit that the cup's well-heeled patrons wished to spend.

"Our patron wishes you to have a discussion with my friend."

'The patron wishes to see me in the house,' she said as she climbed out.

The names of the ships were chosen to honour their patrons, either directly or by stating qualities with which the patrons wished to be associated.

The ship canal never became the success its patrons had wished, and traffic peaked in the 1960s.