The savages must have heard us, as well as the cooeys in the distance; for after vainly hurling another shower of spears, they turned and scampered off as fast as their legs could carry them, their flight hastened by the Peppering we gave their backs with small shot.
"Adventures in Australia"
W.H.G. Kingston
The battery on shore and the small vessels at the same time began Peppering away at her.
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
Subtle people are always Peppering their little pockets and thinking nobody sees them."
"The Woman With The Fan"
Robert Hichens