Diamond-backed terrapin were abundant, and one never was brought to our dwelling that the bearer could not get in exchange a "thrip".    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of a southerner, 1840-1923,] Reference

Diamond-backed terrapin were abundant, and one never was brought to our dwelling that the bearer could not get in exchange a "thrip" (the old-fashioned six cents), or, if he preferred, a ration of bacon or syrup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of a Southerner]

'Seven and eight,' said the landlord, 'and a bogus thrip-penny.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Despair's Last Journey] Reference

Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme: www. nrf.ac.za/thrip.    From Wordnik.com.  [CONTENTS:] Reference

The flower thrip (Megalurothrips sjostedti) is a major cowpea pest in tropical Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

I'm sorry for poor Buster, becase, ye say, he really don't hanker afther goin 'on the thrip at all, it sames.    From Wordnik.com.  [Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie] Reference

I saw that photo and said to myself "A thrip" I knew these things once before senility and excessive alcohol got to me.    From Wordnik.com.  [A new tenant for the snail’s shell] Reference

Clare thrip an 'was thought to be th' akel iv anny man in town.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen] Reference

A pistareen, you know, was 18 3/4 cents -- that is a sevenpence and a thrip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Arp from the uncivil war to date, 1861-1903,] Reference

Some properties and thrip transmission of tomato spotted wilt virus in Canada.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

You said that Xisithrus - Now tell your thrip buddies to stay off my chili peppers!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress] Reference

Some characteristics of the thrip vector relationship of tomato spotted wilt virus in Canada.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

Many old English coins were in use, the thrip - six cents - and the "seven - pence," twelve cents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of a Southerner]

I hate to think iv a man with one leg in th 'grave usin' th 'other to thrip th' free foot iv a fellow aged.    From Wordnik.com.  [Observations By Mr. Dooley] Reference

Ye'er boss can go to Paris on a combination wedding an 'divoorce thrip an' no wan bothers his head about him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Dooley Says] Reference

Th 'sojer was fr'm th' County Kerry an 'had a thrip an' Doherty is th 'champeen catch-as-catch-can rassler iv Camp Twinty-eight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Dooley Says] Reference

Wait ontwell you gits sorter seasoned like, an 'den I'll hunt' roun 'in my cloze an' see ef I can't run out a thrip er two fer you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser] Reference

There wasn't wan iv thim that wudden't give his week's wages f'r a chanst to show how many times he cud thrip over a manhole in a mile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War] Reference

"Whin I was a young man, I cud take a runnin 'jump acrost Germany or France, an' as f'r England we'd hardly thrip over it in th 'dark.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Observations By Mr. Dooley] Reference

Warmer weather has also translated to problems with pests such as the pear thrip, and the non-native Asian longhorn beetle destroying maple trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [TreeHugger] Reference

Another member would "thrip down the throat" of the auctioneer that he had a right to his former seat if he continued to pay the same price for it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Auld Licht Idylls] Reference

'Tis exthraordinney how a man learns to manage military affairs be auditin 'thrip sheets an' rentin 'signs in a sthreet-car to chewin' gum imporyums.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen] Reference

To the day of his death, he never ceased to higgle over a thrip, and it was his constant boast that in his own experience it had always been convenient to give prudence the upper hand of pride.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White] Reference

All day long ye meet no wan as ye thrip over th 'coal-scuttle, happy in ye'er tile an' ye'er heart is enlivened be th 'thought that th' childher in th 'front iv th' house ar - re growin 'sthrong on th' fr-resh counthry air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Dooley's Philosophy] Reference

"I want to see four dollars before goin 'any further on th' thrip.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Four Million] Reference

'roun' in my cloze an 'see ef I can't run out a thrip er two fer you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings] Reference

A Dublin jackeen, an 'weighed sixteen stone an' was great with a thrip an 'a punch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen] Reference

Kentucky can go to the devil, half the stations be wiped out, and not a thrip do they care. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference

"This means another thrip tu Calgary -- wid this 'bo' -- an 'me not able tu shpare ye just now.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police] Reference

Do ye dhrink this now, "she coaxed in her pretty voice;" dhrink it, asthore, -- ye'll nade it f'r th 'thrip. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference

"Av ye plaise, sor, Misther Forbes was sayin 'would ye be so kind as to sthep along to the houle afore ye makes your next thrip to the ship?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cruise of the "Esmeralda"] Reference

"No, that's more like a thrip.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Bug is a four letter word] Reference

Right near squashed me thrip-nny bits, you -ave!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ripping Time]

The thrip to shore was not enough, and he's taking a wee turn further. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys] Reference

A chance tu thrip um up some day. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police] Reference

"Take a thrip around in the park, lady.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Four Million] Reference