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A tame kid was gambolling behind them, and two women were grinding corn, with the millstone between them.

From Doctor Luttrell's First Patient by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

Sophia, with her antelope, was gambolling around them, the one rivalling the other in the grace of their movements, not only without knowing it, but rather because they did not know it.

From Willis the Pilot by Adrien, Paul

Only about twenty yards from her the lanky foal was gambolling round its mother, a big draught mare, cropping the grass innocently enough at present, and apparently not perceiving trespassers.

From A Popular Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol

Her brother was gambolling carelessly in a canoe, while she and Pierre sat on the bank watching him.

From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William