They were like evasive trappist monks, who profess mortification of the flesh, but when it comes to the scratch, don't flog fair.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
But the vow of silence which Boone had taken with the grave solemnity of a trappist monk was no longer a dependable bulwark.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
"Your royal highness, then, graciously allowed me to come here," said Pollnitz, with a complaining voice, "in order to give me up entirely to my own thoughts, and force me to play the part of a trappist.
"Berlin and Sans-Souci"
Louise Muhlbach