"String out" Quotes from Famous Books
... a faster walker than the others and slowly he forged ahead. Little by little the safari began to string out along the road until wide spaces grew between the ox-wagons, with the porters straggling after them a mile behind. A change had come over the valley since we had seen it last. The land was whiter beneath the blazing sunshine and the dust ... — Stories from Everybody's Magazine • 1910 issues of Everybody's Magazine
... stan's all quiet lak an' solemn, Not a blessed soul in pa'lor, po'ch, er lawn; Not a guest, ner not a ca'iage lef' to haul 'em, Fu' de ones dat tu'ned de latch-string out air gone. ... — The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar • Paul Laurence Dunbar |