"Plump up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was going down town, moving briskly along, when a small boy came plump up against me, saying, "Hello, mister! don't you know me? You're the Sunday-school man which was to our house. I know you." "O yes, I know you now," and I said, "tell me about yourself." "I have been to Sunday-school four Sundays, and have a nice teacher, and enjoy going very much; we are ...
— The American Missionary -- Vol. 48, No. 10, October, 1894 • Various
... may limit your trade. Well, your Tariffs Protective to help us aren't made, And we cannot run dangers to plump up your wealth, Until you can show us a clean bill of health, Which nobody ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, Sept. 27, 1890 • Various |
