tidy sum

When in luck he was able to make a tidy sum; but the shabbiness of his clothes at last frightened the sight-seers, and he could not find people adventurous enough to trust themselves to him.

Somebody had to pay for the six quarts, which, multiplied by thirty, amounted to a tidy sum in the course of the month; and, since that man was Dag Daughtry, he found it necessary to pass Michael inboard on the Makambo through a starboard port-hole.

"Well, they've sent you a tidy sum," said Berg, eying the heavy purse that sank into the sofa.

I'm only thirty-four, a hard worker, with a tidy sum to boot--not that I'm boasting about it."

If each guest on BBC talkshows who is there to plug their latest tour, show, film, record or whatever, were charged PS154.50 per time a tidy sum would accrue.

Overpayments said to be averaging PS108 per household after a mild winter should be returned immediately instead of at the leisure of firms easing their cash flow and, perhaps in some cases, earning a tidy sum in interest.

His ever-growing stature has meant that Groves has been able to earn a tidy sum from the sport, so he is not relying on his family's wealth.

I would like to see someone patrolling near schools when it is lunchtime as there is a tidy sum of cash to be made.

She sells the milk at Sh70 a litre to eateries at a nearby market and her school, earning a tidy sum every day.

When I first started working for a wellknown public company it irked that the highly paid managers had free parking on the premises whereas I, a lowly paid employee who had to use a car to travel the 12 miles to work because there was no public transport, had to fork out a tidy sum each week for using a town car park about a mile away.

Even for general insurers saw a tidy sum of profit came in from their health portfolios.

The column reports that 35- year- old Kim received the tidy sum to pose for selfies with ' influencers' at the exclusive bash for just over an hour, after being flown in from Los Angeles by private jet.