Mattawa went out, and soon afterwards Nasmyth, whose clothes were now partly dry, lay down, dressed as he was, in his twig-packed bunk, with his pipe in his hand.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
I've heard that story before, Ben, but the rain was snow and the twig was a church steeple.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
As the twig is bent so the tree is inclined.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter