She shot home half a dozen questions with the accuracy of a marksman, and beat up a drumfire of responses from the ladies which, for a time, rattled up and down the length of the table.
"Black Jack"
Max Brand
The little drumfire of questions ended abruptly.
"Legacy"
James H Schmitz
It is difficult to express adequately my gratitude to them for their unfailing helpfulness; their willingness to let themselves be quizzed, hour after hour, and to answer, in some cases, a very drumfire of importunate letters; above all for their resistance, to what must at times have been an almost overpowering temptation, to "string the tenderfoot."
"Roosevelt in the Bad Lands"
Hermann Hagedorn