He had not been an actor long, for loss of form had put him out of first-class cricket, and the impresario had given his place in the next piece to a googly bowler who had done well in the last Varsity match; but he had been one long enough to experience that sinking sensation which is known as stage-fright.
"The Man Upstairs and Other Stories"
P. G. Wodehouse
"The big eddy at the bend of Surprise Rapids, where you go to look for busted boats and dead bodies;" "the twenty-one mile of white water rolling all the way from Kinbasket Lake to Canoe River;" "the double googly intake at the head of Gordon Rapid;" "the black-mouthed whirlpool waiting like a wild cat at the foot of Dalles des Morts"-how many times had I seen all these in fancy!
"Down the Columbia"
Lewis R. Freeman
The thing couldn't he "aeroplane" or "telephone" or "googly," because these weren't invented in his time.
"If I May"
A. A. Milne