"Whopper" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... untruth, falsehood, lie, story, thing that is not, fib, bounce, crammer, taradiddle^, whopper; jhuth^. forgery, fabrication, invention; misstatement, misrepresentation; perversion, falsification, gloss, suggestio falsi [Lat.]; exaggeration &c 549. invention, fabrication, fiction; fable, nursery tale; romance &c (imagination) 515; absurd story, untrue story, false ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... Hagar—it's all right. Your old dad ain't goin' to hold it ag'in you too hard. We all make mistakes. Why, I was just goin' to make a mighty whopper myself, by killing Rex, here. You leave this to me." He pushed her toward Randerson. "You take her back to the shack, Rex. I reckon it won't take me long to do what I'm goin' to do. I'll be ...
— The Range Boss • Charles Alden Seltzer
... nice neighborhood. A few cranky people on this street but not many. Say, what a whopper of ...
— Jerry's Charge Account • Hazel Hutchins Wilson
... of ten feet, perhaps even eleven. They seldom grow bigger than twelve down here, I'm told, so this one is something of a whopper. If the alligator man I talked with at Coney Island a year ago told the truth, then this one must be several hundred ...
— The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf • Captain Quincy Allen
... guess what that means, Bob," he remarked. "It's sure going to bring on a whopper before a great while. All the signs point that way right now. So we can expect to ...
— The Saddle Boys of the Rockies - Lost on Thunder Mountain • James Carson
... his shrill treble ringing across the water. "Lookit me dive." He jumped, landing in a flat "belly whopper" causing a splash grossly disproportionate to his small form. Matthews, with a grin dove after him and the lesson for the time being was over. Tommy was sent into the house, where he was followed ...
— Death Points a Finger • Will Levinrew |
