Mr. Cruncher himself always spoke of the year of our Lord as Anna Dominoes: apparently under the impression that the Christian era dated from the invention of a popular game, by a lady who had bestowed her name upon it.
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

Another example of Dickens subtly pointing out the parochialism of one of his characters without directly insulting him. Of course, as the story proceeds, we see that Mr. Cruncher, with all his simple-mindedness, is a better man than many of the educated people around him, as is so often the case in Dickens.

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