"Popper" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... loves the whistle of his rope, As he races over the plains; And the stage-driver loves the popper of his whip, And the rattle of his concord chains; And we'll all pray the Lord that we will be saved, And we'll keep the golden rule; But I'd rather be home with the girl I love Than to monkey with this goddamn'd mule. . . . . . . ...
— Cowboy Songs - and Other Frontier Ballads • Various
... had done some work on the roads, so they were not as bad as they had been earlier in the spring; but they were still bad enough, and the people in the truck were bounced about like kernels of corn in a popper. ...
— The French Twins • Lucy Fitch Perkins
... corner that gives them a good view of the blaze, fluttering great puffs of flame, and hear the steady crackle and snapping, as it were, of a great popper full of pop-corn, they, too, catch the infection, and run with a loud swashing and slatting of skirts, giggling and squealing about their hair ...
— Back Home • Eugene Wood
... and country!" the old man cried, upsetting the popper. "Don't get a child around here underfoot. I'm too old. I deserve grown ...
— Christmas - A Story • Zona Gale
... roasted by such methods was just as good as if done by the best mechanical device ever invented. He also said: "Coffee can be roasted in very simple machinery. Some of the best we ever saw was done in a corn popper. Patent portable roasters are almost as numerous as rat traps ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers
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