Maurice Mair seemed to spin like a teetotum and pitch upon his face like a ninepin. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Father Brown] Reference
"Yes; like a ninepin, so Fred says," replied Alice. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Kitty] Reference
He was there merely as a ninepin to be knocked over. From Wordnik.com. [Marcella] Reference
Sir Bryan fired and the bear tumbled over like a ninepin. From Wordnik.com. [Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book] Reference
He had a note of admiration in his eye as large as a ninepin. From Wordnik.com. [The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches,] Reference
They gave a rock a big shove and knocked him over like a ninepin. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas Outside of Eden] Reference
Before the round had well begun I was reeling about like a ninepin. From Wordnik.com. [My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life] Reference
Cesar would go over suddenly like a ninepin -- which was funny to see. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of the Sea] Reference
And both of them suffered the ninepin fate to the ruin of arms and legs. From Wordnik.com. [The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch] Reference
So I swung to the point of his jaw-bone, and down like a ninepin he fell. From Wordnik.com. [Rhymes of a Red Cross Man] Reference
Sometimes -- when I'm feeling magnanimous -- I catch a ninepin as it falls!. From Wordnik.com. [Far to Seek A Romance of England and India] Reference
It struck him in the throat, and he went down like a ninepin and moved no more. From Wordnik.com. [St. Ives, Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England] Reference
He had just caught sight of the head of a ninepin peeping from the manager's pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Stories of Bret Harte] Reference
As I did so, the Thing rose straight at me in a leap, and I was knocked over like a ninepin. From Wordnik.com. [The Island of Doctor Moreau] Reference
Didn't she hit out straight from the shoulder; and didn't that fellow go down like a ninepin!. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Kitty] Reference
She just aimed a blow straight at one of the fellows and knocked him over as if he were a ninepin. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Kitty] Reference
I presented the solitary specimen which I bought, a ninepin in proportions, to the grateful Katiusha. From Wordnik.com. [Russian Rambles] Reference
The ninepin alley was deserted, for the premature chilliness of the day had driven the company within doors. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of a Traveller] Reference
Tom, who was nearest to him, chucked down his load and went right at him, and knocked him over like a ninepin. From Wordnik.com. [A Chapter of Adventures] Reference
When the guard came along I knocked him over, like a ninepin, with a green cocoanut I had, and made for the railroad. From Wordnik.com. [Cabbages and Kings] Reference
He whirled it around his head like a ninepin and flung it over the canopy of the dock far out into the shimmering lake!. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Vanishing Point] Reference
That a dozen soft words should have bowled me over like a ninepin, and left me without an inch of ground to call my own. From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
Certain of the men have huge dilly-bags made of strips of lawyer-cane, and shaped like a ninepin with a funnel for a head. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
(which are really not swear words) "Nitwitted ninepin". From Wordnik.com. [Qwaider Planet] Reference
"So you knocked over this fourteen-year-old boy like a ninepin. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
A ninepin, with a green cocoanut I had, and made for the railroad. From Wordnik.com. [Cabbages and Kings] Reference
A ninepin, but scrambled up in a trice, and was running for the window. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Spur] Reference
And there’s no more benevolence bubbling out of him, than out of a ninepin.’. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
If I hadn't kept my head he'd have bowled me over like a ninepin, and Bee into the bargain. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Country House] Reference
A ninepin and heard Tommy say, 'Go get me another apple, Archie -- we'll hit 'em again for good luck!'. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Slade with the Colors] Reference
A mere point it advanced to the shape of a ninepin, and was soon perceived to be a man in black, arriving from the direction of. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
"Don't ye let me down so, Father; I feel no bigger than a ninepin after it. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Native] Reference
There are ninepin-alleys, with cigars and a bar. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
I always remain no bigger than a ninepin. ". From Wordnik.com. [Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.