"Plump up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... be?—Two vessels are quite sufficient to be jammed down here on the coast of Africa, and we know that the Englishman must be somewhere to leeward of us; though, I will confess, I had believed him much farther, if not plump up among the Mohammedans, beginning to reduce to a feather-weight, like Captain Riley, who came out with just his skin and bones, after ...
— Homeward Bound - or, The Chase • James Fenimore Cooper
... was going down town, moving briskly along, when a small boy came plump up against me, saying, "Hello, mister! don't you know me? You're the Sunday-school man which was to our house. I know you." "O yes, I know you now," and I said, "tell me about yourself." "I have been to Sunday-school four Sundays, and have a nice teacher, and enjoy going very much; we are ...
— The American Missionary -- Vol. 48, No. 10, October, 1894 • Various
... may limit your trade. Well, your Tariffs Protective to help us aren't made, And we cannot run dangers to plump up your wealth, Until you can show us a clean bill of health, Which nobody ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, Sept. 27, 1890 • Various |
