A second later the rifle was lying among the bushes, and a panic-stricken hunter was scratching and smashing in a desperate hurry up among the branches of a low spruce, as if only the tiptop were half high enough.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
An' they looked rill pleased when I talked to 'em about their patchwork an' knittin', an' did they get the sun all day, an' didn't the canary sort o' shave somethin' off'n the human ear-drum, on his tiptop notes?
"Friendship Village"
Zona Gale
I thought them two women would bust out cryin' once or twice, but they belt in tiptop through the hottest of the wrangle.
"Dixie Hart"
Will N. Harben