Tantivy

"Good luck," says Tantivy, meaning it, hand already reaching for Yvonne's sweet chiffon bottom.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

Bloat looks into the office assigned to his old Jesus College friend, Lt. Oliver ( "Tantivy") Mucker-Maffick.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

"Tantivy," replies a dim girl-chorus from outside and below.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

"Tantivy" to him after supper, when she sailed up to Sam Winnington, and addressed him demurely: --

Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870

In fact,Vanity Fair , the magazine, recently featured a glossy story with glossy pictures of young Palm Beach women called Bettina and Celerie and Tantivy, all of whom do strangely, still, resemble goldfish.

Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

London: Tantivy, and New York: A. S. Barnes, 1973.

The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006

London: Tantivy, and New York: A. S. Barnes, 1973.

The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006

The lieutenants stare at each other through the beery shadows, with the day deepening outside the high cold windows of the Snipe and Shaft, and Tantivy about to laugh or snort oh God across the wood Atlantic of their table.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

Slothrop remembers that except for Tantivy he's all alone here.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

Perhaps there's time to catch Tantivy over at the Snipe and Shaft, time for a comradely pint.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978