The mechanical maneuvres that the men had been exercised in before they left home, for the first time now found opportunity for practical application, and the slinging of the piece was performed as thoroughly as upon the floor of the drill-room.
"The Rhode Island Artillery at the First Battle of Bull Run"
J. Albert Monroe
Some men are born with a natural magnetism for Latin words; and others, like myself, have to look up quoque as many as nine times in a page of Mr. Horace's celebrated metrical salve-slinging.
"At Good Old Siwash"
George Fitch
"Just you let father catch you slinging Boweryese like that, Miss Rose," he begged, moving aside to stuff a handful of candy into either coat-pocket.
"From the Car Behind"
Eleanor M. Ingram