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A little glimp would give some feeling of trust that he will handle it.

Guillermo del Toro's The Hobbit Starts Shooting in 2010 « FirstShowing.net 2008

Or Bar Light, or the Tail o 'the Bank, or a glimp o' Circular Quay,

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 Various

Rabbit never kin tell; but he peeped in de pon 'fer ter see ef he kin ketch a glimp er de jug, an' in he went -- _kerchug!

Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes

"I give it a glimp 'over, Peter, but what do' ee think of it?"

The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

"Well, the stables is near by, sir, and I thought as you might like to take a glimp at the 'osses, -- just to make your mind easy, sir."

The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

"Sence then," put in a man who had not spoken before, "I've seen lights in the winders of the old boardin 'house at night and in the winders of the other house, though I've never ketched a glimp of a livin' critter movin 'on the island by day."

Frank Merriwell's Cruise Burt L. Standish 1905

Across the flat in the shallow quarry he was thrown to the ground, and for a moment he caught a glimp of his captor in the darkness, a powerfully built man, wearing a viator cap that covered the whole of his face and head, with the exception of the eyes.

The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy Edward Dyson 1898

Leavin 'out Brer Rabbit en Brer Tarrypin dey wa'n't none er de yuther creeturs dat yuvver got a glimp' un it, let 'lone a tas'e.

Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878

Leavin 'out Brer Rabbit en Brer Tarrypin dey wa'n't none er de yuther creeturs dat yuvver got a glimp' un it, let 'lone a tas'e.

Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878

"Hoo ken ye that I haena gotten a glimp o 'that same?"

Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864