humming top
- a top that hums as it spins
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Historical Examples of humming top
They looked like the dark band on the humming-top when you spin it.
A humming-top will slowly expend its rotation and come to rest.
The Story of the HeavensRobert Stawell Ball
More like the sounds of a humming-top, remarks a phlegmatic German traveller.
The Cruise of the BetseyHugh Miller
They had different kinds of tops, among them being a humming-top.
The Historical ChildOscar Chrisman
Drink, because the stars are cruel and the world as idle as a humming-top.
A Chesterton CalendarG. K. Chesterton