humming top
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The tin or wooden humming top is but an interesting toy.
From Healthful Sports for Boys by Rochefort, Alfred
Meanwhile Poppy was behaving, as she had behaved for the last fifty nights, like a lunatic humming top.
From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May
Quiet with the peace of a humming top; warm with the heat generated from mellow asphalt and resinous wood-paving.
From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Kay glanced at the huge, humming top that filled the center of the laboratory.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 by Various
"Come and have another dance?" and he flew round and round like a humming top.
From Soap-Bubble Stories For Children by Barry, Fanny
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