squire sb of an evening

[nyota]

Vengeance is Mine Inc. by R.Dahl:

". . .Mrs Womberg at home with a headache...which is something anyone's wife would have if hubby was out squiring Miss Williams of an evening. . ."

So Mr Womberg is being naughty tsk, but what does the phrase in bold mean exactly?

[vil]

….banker William S. Womberg with beauteous starlet Theresa Williams… three nights running…...Mrs Womberg at home with a headache...which is something anyone's wife would have if hubby was out squiring Miss Williams of an evening. .

hubby = husband
squire = accompany

V.

[nyota]

….banker William S. Womberg with beauteous starlet Theresa Williams… three nights running…...Mrs Womberg at home with a headache...which is something anyone's wife would have if hubby was out squiring Miss Williams of an evening. .

hubby = husband
squire = accompany

V.

Hi vil, I've also found the 'accompany' explanation. It's just the "of..."-follow-up that puzzled me some.

And yes, I realise it's the hubby who's naughty, hence Mr Womberg ;)

[vil]

Hi nyota,

Then everything is all right.

That's all to the good.

Regards,

V.

[Raymott]

Vengeance is Mine Inc. by R.Dahl:


So Mr Womberg is being naughty tsk, but what does the phrase in bold mean exactly?

"Of an evening" is somewhat dated. It means "in the evenings".

[vil]

In the cool cool cool of the evening
Tell ‘em I’ll be there
In the cool cool cool of the evening
You better save a chair
When the party’s getting a glow on
Singing fills the air
In the shank of the night when the doings are right
You can tell ‘em I’ll be there

Can it be true that expressions as “person of he year”, “story of the year”, “car of the year” or “ soup of the evening”, “shank of the evening” , “kings of the evening” are out-of-date?

V.

[SoothingDave]

In the cool cool cool of the evening
Tell ‘em I’ll be there
In the cool cool cool of the evening
You better save a chair
When the party’s getting a glow on
Singing fills the air
In the shank of the night when the doings are right
You can tell ‘em I’ll be there

Can it be true that expressions as “person of he year”, “story of the year”, “car of the year” or “ soup of the evening”, “shank of the evening” , “kings of the evening” are out-of-date?

V.

No, it's not true.

"Of an evening" as used above is out-of-date.

[5jj]

Can it be true that expressions as “person of he year”, “story of the year”, “car of the year” or “ soup of the evening”, “shank of the evening” , “kings of the evening” are out-of-date?

V.

Was 'shank of the evening' ever in date?