When the British Tommies heard the "birr" of the five-inch.    From Wordnik.com.  ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference

Ebony handle, brass guard and pommel, sharp five-inch blade.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks"] Reference

That would be the B.J. Services at the five-inch postal box.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 21, 2006] Reference

CHETRY: I'm changing into these five-inch stilettos any minute.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2008] Reference

'Long Tom 'and a five-inch howitzer, besides one or two small guns.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference

And we really didn't see anything other than maybe a five-inch little wave.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2005] Reference

Our field-batteries opened, and then the great five-inch cow-guns roared out.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Rimington] Reference

WSJ's Walt Mossberg takes a look at the Dell Streak, a five-inch Android tablet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dell's Streak: a Tiny Tablet That Takes Calls, Too] Reference

I still maintain the five-inch guns so we can use them to fire off for ceremonies.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2009] Reference

"How to be fabulous without suffering through the five-inch platforms?" she joked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men Giving Birth? Posh Women Without Pumps? Society Gals Ponder the Medically Impossible at Hospital Benefit] Reference

And the new RoadMate 5035 gets all the bells and whistles, with a five-inch screen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Magellan launches new RoadMate GPS navigators and features] Reference

Birkenstocks, get you out of the five-inch heels and get you into some Birkenstocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2005] Reference

That destroyer, using its five-inch guns, went after this target in northern Somalia.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2007] Reference

It ` s not like she is wearing a micro-mini and five-inch heels around the White House.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 02, 2009] Reference

Nothing wrong with that, except that he had a five-inch steak knife stuck in his chest.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009] Reference

After donning my beloved five-inch strappy, Italian heels, I sauntered down the stairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference

In large animals a five-inch, and in small animals a four-inch fever thermometer is used.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

Ms. Dunst is never photographed hopping in and out of chauffeured SUVs in five-inch heels.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reinvention of Kirsten Dunst] Reference

Most of us think of bad shoes as five-inch stilettos that cause the wearer to wobble and totter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leora Tanenbaum: Take Off Those Flip-Flops! And 5 Other Essential Summer Shoe Tips] Reference

Most of us think of "bad shoes" as five-inch stilettos that cause the wearer to wobble and totter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leora Tanenbaum: Take Off Those Flip-Flops! And 5 Other Essential Summer Shoe Tips] Reference

The five-inch slicing knife with a stained wood and rivet handle (below right) is ideal for everyday use.    From Wordnik.com.  [HOME: SHARP AS A... TILE?] Reference

Two-inch tile will be laid in the lateral drains, and three, four, and five-inch in the sub-main and main.    From Wordnik.com.  [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference

 He rolled the hare onto its back and used his mother's five-inch hatpins to anchor the paws to the earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hunter] Reference

Consider the red patent-leather pumps with the five-inch, steel-spike heels that he designed for Gucci in 1997.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Can't Touch This] Reference

His guns had been peppering battleships and cruisers with five-inch shells, but he didn't think they were doing much damage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead In the Water] Reference

He once called Reagan "the least knowledgeable" president he ever met and derided him for depending on three - by five-inch cards.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Hurrah For Tip O'neill, 1912-1994] Reference

Each child should have a five-inch square, a slender stick five inches long, a pin, a ruler, a pair of scissors, and a lead pencil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools] Reference