marbles

• We all ducked in time, and the round 'un cleared every thing, but a handful of the marbles are planted in the head of the mast, making the spar look like a plum-pudding, or a fellow with the small-pox Enough of this. —  The Two Admirals
• He played with a number of marbles, and I would ask for two marbles, one marble, four marbles, as the case might be, and he would quickly hand the number requested Another incident that will illustrate the point is the case of a mule owned by an old negro near Huntsville, Texas. —  The Human Side of Animals
• Onyx-marbles or Oriental alabaster (see ALABASTER) and other stalagmitic deposits also consist of calcite, and so do the allied deposits of travertine, calc-sinter or calc-tufa The modes of occurrence of calcite are very varied. —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
• "But I wanted the marbles, and they're down the pipe yet. —  Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's
• You know boys like to have kites and marbles, and traps to catch snowbirds, and picture books, and half-pence and such things. —  The Rector of St. Mark's

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