“This Nicaragua event is a ten-strike,” I told him. From Wordnik.com. [Turmoil and Triumph] Reference
“If we can take him away from the Soviets, that would be a ten-strike,” I replied.3. From Wordnik.com. [Turmoil and Triumph] Reference
But it was when Daughtry and Michael first sang "Roll me Down to Rio" together, that the ten-strike was made. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XVIII] Reference
At his lowest ebb, when his black suit was in pawn, he made a ten-strike - or so it seemed to him — in a prize contest arranged by the County. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 29] Reference
Of course he's on hand, and a "ten-strike" he makes. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse] Reference
Made a ten-strike with Mrs.T. this afternoon for sure. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Cod Stories] Reference
Who knows but that he may make his ten-strike here after all?. From Wordnik.com. [The Desert Valley] Reference
They have no ninepins, so they are not trying to make a ten-strike. From Wordnik.com. [Greenwich Village] Reference
The rest, Kennicott hinted, she'd better leave till he "made a ten-strike.". From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
He could have made a ten-strike for the presidency at that period of his life. From Wordnik.com. [Country life in Georgia in the days of my youth,] Reference
He wrote me jubilantly of what a ten-strike he was going to make with that speech. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Letters of Mark Twain] Reference
Judging from the effect upon her and the publisher, I may calculate on what bowlers call a ten-strike. From Wordnik.com. [Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series)] Reference
Judging from its effect on her and the publisher, I may calculate on what bowlers calls a 'ten-strike.'. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Hawthorne] Reference
"I hear," said West, "that that little scientist I made you a present of last year has made a ten-strike.". From Wordnik.com. [Queed] Reference
My eagles, however, will fold their wings and take a rest, but we'll flap 'em and scream every time you make a ten-strike. From Wordnik.com. [Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila] Reference
Now and then one of them got a ten-strike, but the occurrence was so rare that it made no show alongside of my giant score. From Wordnik.com. [Chapters from My Autobiography] Reference
He is shrewd, wonderfully shrewd, and always makes a ten-strike in Wall Street; but his securing Miss Warren was a masterstroke. From Wordnik.com. [A Day of Fate] Reference
If he could only find out something that Deborah Badger was particular interested in, then he believed he could make a ten-strike. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Cod Stories] Reference
Occasionally a gameless land makes a ten-strike by introducing a foreign game animal that does no harm, and becomes of great value. From Wordnik.com. [Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation] Reference
Lovell, of course, would accompany them, and Bob reported him as having made a ten-strike with the officers 'mess, not being afraid to spend his money. From Wordnik.com. [The Outlet] Reference
It'd make a ten-strike with me if he'd say 'Much obliged' an 'hit the trail. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Fighting Edge] Reference
The rest, Kennicott hinted, she’d better leave till he “made a ten-strike.”. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
A ten-strike with the old man was in accepting that horse herd at Dodge last fall. From Wordnik.com. [The Outlet] Reference
"Yes," admitted the Californian, full of a new scheme, yet always generous, "and that was a ten-strike, your wife, after supper, taking. From Wordnik.com. [Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi] Reference
You made a ten-strike in effecting that exchange. ". From Wordnik.com. [Without a Home] Reference
Cooke's story was a ten-strike. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Letters of Mark Twain] Reference
"What is the prize for the ten-strike?". From Wordnik.com. [Chapters from My Autobiography] Reference
Rio together, that the ten-strike was made. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 18] Reference
"You've made your ten-strike!" was the answer. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Made Good] Reference
A ten-strike, especially when it comes in consequence of careful study of the market. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference
A ten-strike against the German mine-layers. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers] Reference
"A ten-strike!. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance] Reference
A "ten-strike.". From Wordnik.com. [Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi] Reference
You made a ten-strike. ". From Wordnik.com. [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference
"A ten-strike?" she repeated. From Wordnik.com. [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference
"We're all expecting another ten-strike. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
Sounded very much like a ten-strike, -- it. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
I'm anxious to make a 'ten-strike' with dinner! ". From Wordnik.com. [Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks] Reference
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