| 单词 | plank down |
| 例句 | By noon the coroner was able to throw wet planks down and probe with a crowbar among the sodden heaps of charcoal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He is going to 'plank down' handsomely for 'scientific research.' Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z Hunt's going to help us, so we can get that big plank down now! The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z “The only way to get her up is to plank down several rails and run her out on them,” said Mr. Alexander, lispingly, as he studied the situation. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z She flounced her posterior round the table, planking down the lumps of bread on the foul cloth with an air of take-it-as-a-condescension-that-I-wait-on-you, a subdued grin lurking somewhere on her face. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Putting the plank down again, Mark went forward with his harpoon, for he knew that shoals of fish often played in the water when it was still, just beneath this rocky wall. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Not daring and not caring to open it immediately, she put on her hat and went out to walk far past the end of the planks down into the green 165 country. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z The Sultan soliloquises:— Mehmoud, the gilt is off your idol's crown; Clear shows the clay beneath the chipped enamel; In sporting phrase, your dibs have been planked down On the wrong camel. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 19, 1916 2011-08-07T02:00:07.573Z You have probably never made one in your whole life; you and your family go in and plank down your money and buy something pretty and go away. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z "So just plank down your money or stay outside." Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z I liked you when you buckled to and never grumbled, and I admired your pluck when you planked down the money for those shares. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z The Kidder says he has to plank down half a grand for the lot—the dirty bums—them city councillors.” Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z “Plane them planks down and lay a maple floor over ’em,” said Hard, with an air of finality. The Idyl of Twin Fires As a matter of fact I was possessed with the recklessness of a man drifting on a plank down a rapid, where taking thought will not serve him an iota. The Spy in Black I've got money enough to plank down a good retaining fee. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Reggie, before replying, planked down his money and asked for a return ticket to Plymouth. A Traitor's Wooing With his right he loudly planked down two large dimes on the counter and shoved them toward the bartender, who took them while Hendrik began to count his greenbacks. H. R. "I move that Sandy take the chair for this occasion, and second the motion, and plank down twenty ounces for the Widow." First Fam'lies of the Sierras Jack was always like lightning at planking down. Sir Hilton's Sin "The silver kings are ready to plank down their millions on the loan." Black Diamonds "Well, why don't you plank down the rhino?" said223 the storekeeper impatiently. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro You see, I went on to 'Frisco as you advised, and planked down a check for five hundred dollars the minute I got there. Stories of the Foot-hills Instead, while planking down in ten years 170 new millions to add to our own railways, we have been lending with large hands to railway builders in every part of the globe. Are we Ruined by the Germans? He was generous with his men and he give ’em all they asked for, but before he planked down a dollar he made ’em sign a contract that a corporation lawyer couldn’t break. Wunpost He turned impulsively and reached for his purse, but as he was about to plank down his five hundred dollars in advance he remembered Mother Trigedgo’s words. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp It was pressed to pay, coaxed to plank down, soothered to shell out. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule "Cash," said she, promptly planking down the money. Australia Revenged When your company planks down fifty thousand in cold cash we will trade,—not before. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight Three days afterwards their boat was damaged by striking against a vessel carrying timber and planks down the stream. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe You refused, when Aunt Beatrice was going to plank down the dollars? The Invader A Novel The young men endowed Sunny-San, so to speak, planking down enough money to secure her protection and education. When Winter Comes to Main Street I was still making some commotion in the water, and, guessing about where I was, he pushed a plank down that came just under my left arm. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings Boom-foresail’s worse, and the jibs are dropping off her, while the water just pours in through her top-sides when she puts another lee plank down.” Masters of the Wheat-Lands Thereupon, the man dived below into the forecastle, and presently reappeared, bearing in his hand the skeleton of a miniature yacht, about two and a half feet long, half planked down. The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" Here's money, planked down, and more where it comes from. Isle o' Dreams He just walks in and planks down a pork chop in the back room; or a bottle of Basa, or something and has a talk to the woman . . . he's dying . . . but he's dying happy. Mufti The big man planked down two hundred and fifty dollars on account, and we shook hands all round. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 After she had enjoyed the hospitalities of the warden for two days, the captain planked down a thousand dollars in the hands of the sheriff, and Lena was free. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. So he planked down his watch, which was a fine Howard movement, worth about $200. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi Then you go down to his office, plank down your money and get the truth. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak Everyone was intensely relieved, especially Lord Kitchener, for he had realized better than our politicians the desperate stakes we had planked down in our gamble with the Clerk of the Weather. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 A hook-nosed young broker in a shepherd plaid suit and a pink felt hat rushes in and planks down twenty dollars for fifty shares at the market. Shorty McCabe on the Job I inquired, as the requisite coin was planked down on the table. Tom, Dick and Harry They went for their sacks of silver, and planked down four of them, with $500 in each. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi I thought she was accepting my invite, you see, when, lo and behold, at settling time she drawed out her money and insisted on planking down her part to a fraction of a cent. Dixie Hart I don't suppose he will until he planks down his five thousand pounds. Sally Bishop A Romance Katie Jacka, who had come out to the milking, responded eagerly to the new master and planked down stool and pails. Secret Bread So I planked down the money, but with the understanding that he should take my name. Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life "There is a lot of planks down there in the yard, and if you'll be outside about eleven o'clock, I'll chuck over as many as you want." The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned If he did make it, you see, you could plank down the money I'll lend you and settle the thing on the spot. Dixie Hart As the ice-field upon which he stood neared another, the youth ran forward, threw his plank down, making a bridge of it, and crossed to the farther field. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors When night fell, he had once more taken up his familiar quarters in one of the stacks of planks down at the timber-yard. One of Life's Slaves Upon which Swakopmund was forced into existence--planked down there bit by bit in the face of circumstance. With Botha in the Field He built his boat close to the river's edge, having, with the assistance of his wife, carried the planks down for that purpose. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) I may be planked down in a country village for the rest of my very unnatural life, but I'll be shot if I'll regulate mine or my wife'& behaviour by the twaddle they talk! Nightfall Just plank down your money and take what they give you. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 They came sliding on a plank down those stairs. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Ratepayers' Defencers may rave, and the scribblers may scold or talk funny, But clean streets in Winter mean this,—you must plank down a dollup more money! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 10, 1891 The chances are she'll plank down the money to buy Randall's Folly when she gets my report, accompanied by the pictures I'm taking. The Boy Scouts with the Motion Picture Players "Tom, you and Dave get the floor planks down, and rig up the stove—-inside the tent." The High School Boys' Training Hike Then he nailed the plank down again, and put his tools in his bag, and came downstairs. A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories At the same time, when there is so much real talent going about, one does not feel like planking down ten shillings for what looks like a bit of whimsical oddity. Beasts and Super-Beasts Here he began searching in his pockets and eventually discovered a card, which he planked down on the table before Rachel. The Voyage Out As you gave me away, consequently I gave you away to his lordship, and he planked down a hundred canaries like the swell that he is. The Crimson Blind Kirkwood planked down the fare, swore, and sprinted for the carriages. The Black Bag She planks down a cake before him, at sight of which he gapes. Echoes of the War When it came his time to bet, he planked down a five-pound note on the table. In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories Pettigrew, who was slightest, crawled through, and we soon got another plank down. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire "Have you got money to plank down as a margin?" The Store Boy It was one in which the worshippers of Fortune planked down the last acre of their patrimonial estates to propitiate the fickle goddess in the allurements of the gaming-table. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) These Jesuits know a thing or two; and they are not going to plank down a thousand pounds for nothing. Temporal Power The mosque opened on the holy night of Bairam, the most solemn feast of the Mohammedan year, and quite a crowd planked down their silver to listen to the pious worshippers. Without Prejudice I wonder now if your dad, Bob, has planked down more hundreds after what he's already donated. Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums I hadn't a notion how it was made; he wouldn't tell me till I planked down money to start with; and not a drop of it could be found anywhere. In the Year of Jubilee These men, while they had it, planked down their money with the longest possible odds against them. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) There stood a long, tumble-to-pieces-looking waggon, not covered in, with a plank down each side to sit upon, and a miserable narrow plank it was. A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 If it failed, and his next report showed no improvement, he would be taken away without further ado and planked down under his father's nose. Australia Felix If I fail to plank down the cash the very instant it is demanded, he gets his chance. The Blazed Trail I plank down my view of the existing relations of men to women in the most highly civilized society for what it is worth. Man and Superman This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the manager came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week’s work. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes He knew of some who would not stir a yard unless their fee was planked down before them—old stagers these, who at one time had been badly bitten and were now grown cynically distrustful. Australia Felix |
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