wimble

Example Sentences

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The kelpie gave a hideous roar, and turned away to run from the wimble.

From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George

"I'll come and wimble for you instead of him, if you will allow me," said she.

From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas

And the wimble was so hot that it was as white as the whitest moon you ever saw.

From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George

A wimble is a long tool, like a great gimlet, with a cross handle, with which you turn it like a screw.

From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George

And whereabouts in that soft bundle was hidden the wimble which bored the hole?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various