1892 Berkshire News 1 Mar. 4/1: Mrs Fizzletop heard her son Johnny swear like a trooper.at like a trooper (adv.) under trooper, n.1
1904 Berkshire News 4 Oct. 7/1: If he does not some day emulate his brother’s fame, ‘I am a shotten herring,’ as Falstaff said.at shotten herring, n.