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Definition of Trundling
1. trundle [v] - See also: trundle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trundling
Literary usage of Trundling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"... is a play, but every play is not a game: trundling a hoop is a play, but not
a game: cricket is both a Game and sport both imply an object pursued, ..."
2. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"trundling THE HOOP. SHOOTING with bows and arrows, and swimming on bladders,
occur among the puerile sports delineated in the illuminations of the curious ..."
3. Gymnastics for Youth, Or, A Practical Guide to Healthful and Amusing by Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts Muths, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1803)
"This exercise tends to render boys active, and is excellent for creating an appetite.
f. trundling a hoop is ..."
4. The Young Mother: Or, Management of Children in Regard to Health by William Andrus Alcott (1838)
"With small wooden cubes—pictures—shuttlecock—the rocking horse—tops and
marbles—backgammon—checkers—morris—dice—ninepins—skipping the rope—trundling the ..."
5. Flashlights on Nature by Grant Allen (1905)
"No. 7 shows with what bands she proceeds to swathe him. She catches him firmly
as fast as NO. 7.—ROSALIND trundling THE BLOW-FLY, AND ENVELOPING HIM IN SILK ..."
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