skimmin

She comes skimmin through rays of violet, she can wade in a drop of dew

I photographed the early magnolias... Ann Althouse 2009

But in honour of Talk Like a Pirate Day, I be readin' well, skimmin' Map of the Ancient Sea Kings.

Archive 2007-09-01 2007

But in honour of Talk Like a Pirate Day, I be readin' well, skimmin' Map of the Ancient Sea Kings.

Terra marique potens 2007

Got his jotters for skimmin 'even mair than the other thievin' wee wanks that work for him.

A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

Here you are, skimmin 'along through the country, glancin' at things sort of casual, same's you do from a Pullman window, but not takin 'any int'rest in the scenery except in a general way, only wonderin' now and then how it is people happen to live in places so far away.

Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

Anyway, the machine gives a groan and a jerk and we begins skimmin 'along the asphalt at double speed.

Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

On we went and up once more, turnin 'with a dizzy swoop and skimmin' past her, back towards where we started from.

Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907

Denboro, nice hard macadam, the mare -- her name was Celia, but Jonadab had re-christened her Bay Queen after a boat he used to own -- skimmin 'along at a smooth, easy gait, when, lo and behold you! we rounds a turn and there ahead of us is a light, rubber-tired wagon with a man and woman on the seat of it.

The Depot Master Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

Rowley drops the potatoes, and in another minute we're neck-deep in the science of makin 'an ore puddin', doin 'stunts with the steam, skimmin' dividends off the pot, and coinin 'the slag into dollars.

Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907

"He's as sour as a skimmin 'of last week's milk," she whispered.

Keziah Coffin Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907