"Double-barreled" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... say that upon Nannie's flying out of the house to gaze upon her new possession, the latter lowered her head, raised her tail like a flagstaff, and galloped to meet her, and it was only by the execution of a sort of double-barreled backward somersault that Nannie saved ...
— The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives • Elizabeth Strong Worthington
... don't want to boast, you know, Max, 'cause I might happen to make a foozle out of it. I was only speaking of the hard-hitting qualities of this little double-barreled Marlin ...
— With Trapper Jim in the North Woods • Lawrence J. Leslie
... Thursday evening, and all day Friday the boys were anxiously looking forward to the proposed outing and wondering what the weather would prove to be. They obtained permission to take two small rifles and two double-barreled shotguns belonging to the institution, and these they cleaned and oiled so that they would be in ...
— The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island - or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box • Edward Stratemeyer
... in the highway,—a sandy track, with wastes of scrub on either side,—boy of eight or nine, armed with a double-barreled gun, was lingering about a patch of dwarf oaks and palmettos. "Haven't got that rabbit yet, eh?" said I. (I had passed him there on my way out, and he had told me what ...
— A Florida Sketch-Book • Bradford Torrey
... said Murk, clearing his throat and attempting to speak in an impressive manner, "that this is a double-barreled affair." ...
— The Brand of Silence - A Detective Story • Harrington Strong
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