"Cannoned" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that!" said Noel in dejection, as the ball cannoned triumphantly down the table. "The gods are all ...
— The Rocks of Valpre • Ethel May Dell
... call-box, Mike nearly cannoned into Psmith, who was making his way pensively to the telephone with the object of ringing up the box office of ...
— Psmith in the City • P. G. Wodehouse
... getting through the Narrows. The passage of this bit of the river will be described in a later page. Three days was a pretty quick journey. Travelling by night was impossible. In rounding the sharp bends of the river, which winds across the plain in a most extraordinary manner, these convoys often cannoned helplessly against the banks. At well-known cannoning places Arabs collected with baskets of eggs and chickens and melons for sale. The sick and wounded lay closely packed on the deck under a single thickness of canvas ...
— In Mesopotamia • Martin Swayne |
