"Putt" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... an' leanin' 'gins' a tree. His eyes wuz big an' roun' an' bright, an' dey seemed ter bu'n lak fire. Dem eyes drord de gal an' drord de gal 'twel she warn't 'feared no mo', an' she come nearer, an' las' he putt out his arms wrop up in de gray blanket an' drord her clost 'twel she lean erg'in him, an' she look up in de big, bright eyes an' she say, 'Whar is you, whar is you?' An' he say, 'Oo-goo-coo, Oo-goo-coo.' Dat wuz de Churrykee name fer 'owl,' but de ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) • Various
... better look out a-window. Lamplighter going up the ladder—famous sport. Look at that old putt in the chair: did you ever see such an ...
— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray
... clean off hand I awa to the tent where he was making a' his great braggadocio, and, says I to him, 'Robin,' says I, 'I'm your man at onything ye like, and for whatever ye like. I'll run ye—or, I'll jump ye—I'll putt the stone wi' ye—or, I'll fight ye—and, if ye like it better, I'll wrestle ye—or try ye at the cudgels—and dinna be cutting your capers there ower a wheen callants.' Weel, up he got, and a ring was made aback o' the tent. He had an oak stick as thick as your wrist, and I had naething ...
— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III • Various
... wilt not, nor he will not be free, For thou art covetous and he is kind. He learn'd but surety-like to write for me, Under that bond that him as fast doth bind. The statute of thy beauty thou wilt take, Thou usurer, that putt'st forth all to use, And sue a friend came debtor for my sake; So him I lose through my unkind abuse. Him have I lost; thou hast both him and me; He pays the whole, and yet ...
— A Life of William Shakespeare - with portraits and facsimiles • Sidney Lee
... and a long afternoon. Three times Bell came restlessly back to the engine and tried to coax more speed out of it. But when darkness fell the town was still not in sight. They kept on, then, steering by the stars with the motor putt-putt-putting sturdily away in the stern. The water splashed and washed all about them. The little boat rose, and fell, and rose ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 • Various
... dear, can't walk or talk or putt, for that matter, except with her toes. Bill calls this last cheating, but young Vere thinks it simply adorable—as do we all. Lady Vere, his mother, can't get used to being kissed by Karissima, who will stand upon her lightly with one foot, oddly waving the other meanwhile ...
— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 24, 1920. • Various
... my putt I holed out from twenty yards, making the hole in three after practically throwing my first ...
— John Henry Smith - A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life • Frederick Upham Adams |
