That would seem to be a pefectly acceptable description, yes.
JUDGE: And Mrs Rowntree, when you looked out of your window what did you see?
INNES ROWNTREE: I saw the defendant, erm Mr Cowell, stooping over my bicycle, which I had left propped against the wall of my dear friend's house - Mrs Pope.
JUDGE: What happened next, Mrs Rowntree?
INNES ROWNTREE: I was most perplexed and I called my dear friend Mrs Pope over to the window to see what Mr Cowell was doing.
JUDGE: And did she witness Mr Cowell stooping at the bicycle?
INNES ROWNTREE: Yes, Your Honour, she did.
JUDGE: Did she make any utterance or comment?
INNES ROWNTREE: Yes, Your Honour, she did.
JUDGE: What did she say?
INNES ROWNTREE (blushing): She said 'I say, that knave is greebing the sneeble!'
(much oohing and aahing and shaking of heads amongst the witnesses)
