Right on top of that staggerer came a hook that landed on the youngster's forehead with such force that Quimby fell over backward.
"Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis"
H. Irving Hancock
That Thorndyke would be able to justify the opinion that he had given, I had no doubt whatever; but yet there was no denying that his proposition was what Mr. Dick Swiveller would call "a staggerer."
"The Mystery of 31 New Inn"
R. Austin Freeman
And sometimes a tiny staggerer came suddenly rocking into the open from under the trees, stopped, stared, as suddenly sat down "flop," until its small high-stepping mother, like a young hen, rushed scolding to its rescue.
"The Garden Party"
Katherine Mansfield