“Stout as a horse”
“Sure as the most certain sure, plumb in the uprights, well entretied, braced in the beams,Stout as a horse, affectionate, haughty, electrical,I and this mystery here we stand.”
“Perry, the manager, had come up with him, in trousers and bathrobe. He was a stout, jovial-looking man ordinarily, but right now he was only stout.("The Room With Something Wrong")”
“You *forgot*? I will beat you with a good stout stick!”
“The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those with stout hearts and sharp swords”
“Forge ahead, O mighty enforcer of the law. May you be stout of heart and eardrum.”