humming top
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Think of that great General Washington on a white horse once playing with a little humming top like yours!
From The Story Hour by Smith, Nora Archibald
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
And throwing down the humming top which she had been examining, she stalked out of the room, and banged the door behind her.
From The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life by Dixon, Arthur A.
The prospect dazzled him; his wits spun like a humming top.
From The Gay Rebellion by Frederick, Edmund
The tin or wooden humming top is but an interesting toy.
From Healthful Sports for Boys by Rochefort, Alfred
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