humming top
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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)
The prospect dazzled him; his wits spun like a humming top.
From The Gay Rebellion by Frederick, Edmund
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.
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
"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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