How his heart had gone pitapat when he had discovered it and had quietly, oh, so quietly, dropped his baited hook into the clear, spring water. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
And though Widow Precious felt her heart go pitapat at first sight of another Mrs. Mordacks, she made up her mind, with a gulp, not to let this cash go to the Thornwick. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
I listened intently, and presently heard a light “pitapat,” as if some one was walking across the floor; and while I was trying to muster up courage to call out, there was a sharp click, a flood of light illumined the cell, and I saw that the intruder was a man. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
Awguan, top horse and foreman of Stanley's mount, swung pitapat down the winding pass at a brisk fox trot. From Wordnik.com. [Copper Streak Trail] Reference
Still calmly, though my heart was going pitapat, pulled out Louis's dirk and began to whet it on the stone. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
The blow is a sledge blow going from the spinal column, not the pitapat of a jeweller's hammer elaborating the repoussé around a goblet. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914] Reference
And then she added, with a laugh, that he ought to be tied up, "for you are a cruel handsome man, Frank, and my heart goes pitapat at the very sight of you!". From Wordnik.com. [Love, the Fiddler] Reference
Homeward they sped in silence, with little to vary the monotonous pitapat of Lady Ringtail's hoofs in the shallow pools with which the storm had filled the level roads. From Wordnik.com. [The end of an era,] Reference
"Oh, on Saturday night when supper is over and the shades are pulled down and the lamp is lit in the parlor, and Robert is reading a big book with pictures in it, and the children, except the two eldest, are all asleep upstairs and it's raining outside, and you can hear the pitapat, pitapat of the drops on the window pane, then Miss Massey will be happy. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanna Stirs the Fire] Reference
And their hearts go pitapat. From Wordnik.com. [Love-Songs of Childhood] Reference
And while she gazed her heart went pitapat. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
7. pitapat. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
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