And he fell to rubbing the gunstock with dirty thumb.
"The Maids of Paradise"
Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
"It is of no consequence," replied Robert Hagburn; "a scratch on my left arm from an officer's sword, with whose head my gunstock made instant acquaintance.
"Septimius Felton or, The Elixir of Life"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
When your connection with the Confederates was interrupted you were received by the Federals as Jones Berwick; the J.B. on the gunstock shows that well enough; but when you became a Confederate again, your name was reversed because of that diary!
"Who Goes There?"
Blackwood Ketcham Benson