wimble

• D'Artagnan, to put an end to the affair, and silence the fire, which was unceasing, sent a fresh column, which penetrated like a wimble through the posts that remained solid; and he soon perceived upon the ramparts, through the fire, the terrified flight of the besieged pursued by the besiegers It was at this moment the general, breathing freely and full of joy, heard a voice behind him, saying, "Monsieur, if you please, from M. —  The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"
• "Don't 'ee listen to such fash, lass, for what's he likely to know outside of Lady Jones's wimble-wambles and me Lor' Fitznoodles' rheumatism. —  Desert Love
• And whereabouts in that soft bundle was hidden the wimble which bored the hole A few days after, a Crab, of the size of a dime, died. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858
• And the wimble was so hot that it was as white as the whitest moon you ever saw. —  Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
• I was, however, meditating a strict search for the wimble carved on the knight's tomb. —  Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood

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