indiarubber

No doubt the thing was only an image of twisted indiarubber, but for the moment —!

Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006

He had seen it first in a shop window full of indiarubber goods, and it lay at the bottom of a glass bowl In which goldfish drifted discontentedly to and fro.

Love and Mr Lewisham Herbert George 2004

But the lady-in-waiting slipped on indiarubber shoes and followed them.

The Yellow Fairy Book 2003

Six pairs of boots and shoes, made waterproof with a composition of indiarubber and naphtha, were packed amongst the tools.

Journey to the Interior of the Earth 2003

The window in the mansard opposite was open, and the man who was dying of consumption behind it had pushed a sickly indiarubber-plant out into the guttering.

Two Tales of Old Strasbourg 2003

And not having much of a conscience, I'm in no position to judge those that are apparently made of indiarubber - not that I gave a rap how many pirates he'd roasted before giving me his cautionary pi jaw.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

But Job Rudkin and Harry Winburn were the stars — the former stiff and sturdy, with legs like small towers; the latter pliant as indiarubber and quick as lightning.

Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

Whenever the long gun was about to fire the small dog went mad, bounced about behind the gun-trail like an indiarubber ball, in an ecstasy of expectation.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917 Various

He might have been made of indiarubber for all the actual harm his fall had done him.

The Vision of Desire Margaret Pedler

When they are pleased the mouth opens and expands like an indiarubber portmanteau ready for packing; that is when they smile, but when they laugh their ears have to shift to give the mouth a chance to get comfortably to its destination.

Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front A. G. Hales