"Pitch in" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and a good deal faster, they made their way to the little door, guided by their sense of feeling, for the night was black as the pitch in the old saying. Jerry turned the catch firmly but slowly, and the door swung open without a creak. They ...
— The Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island • Gordon Stuart
... an inflammable mineral substance, resembling tar or pitch in its properties and uses. Among different bituminous substances, the names naphtha and petrolium have been given to those which are fluid, maltha, to that which has the consistence of pitch, and asphaltum to that which ...
— The American Woman's Home • Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe
... fight starvation, and we've got to beat it," Arthur continued doggedly. "I'm telling you this right at the outset, because I want you to begin right at the beginning and pitch in to help. We have very little food and a lot of us to eat it. First, I want some volunteers to help with rationing. Next, I want every ounce of food, in this place put under guard where it can be served to those who need it most. Who ...
— The Runaway Skyscraper • Murray Leinster
... It was well Mr. Carteret was not what his guest called observant, or he might have found a lower pitch in the sound of this sentence than ...
— The Tragic Muse • Henry James
... love," remarked the candidate, smiling quietly. "They wouldn't go there, even if we told them to, so it would be simply a waste of breath. We've got to grin and bear them until the polls close, and then we can pitch in and tell 'em what we think ...
— The Booming of Acre Hill - And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life • John Kendrick Bangs
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