Citations:sprunt up

English citations of sprunt up

• 1864, Lucretia Mott, “To Marianna Pelham Mott and Martha Coffin Wright”, in Beverly Wilson Palmer, editor, Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott, University of Illinois Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 344:

  she thinks she cant go—but who knows but that at the last min. like Pattie [Lord] & me she may "sprunt up" & go

• 1869, [John Denison Vose], The Gay Boys of Old Yale!, Hinsdale: Hunter & Co., →OCLC, page 88:

  "Undoubtedly," sprunted up Joggles.

• 1885 March, Abby Morton Diaz, “Bedquilt Stories”, in Cottage Hearth, volume 11, number 3, Boston, →OCLC, page 70:

  "Some," said she, and then sprunted up quite smart, and said she, “but I don't believe 'twas his fault, for she put herself forward so he couldn't help himself."

• 1888 August, N. J. W. Le Cato, “Aunt Sally's Boy Jack”, in Belford's Magazine, volume 1, number 3, Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., →ISSN, page 442:

  He sprunted up, however, and grew eloquent, pathetic, pleading.

• 1891, Susan Teackle Moore, Ryle's Open Gate, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., →OCLC, page 71:

  Mother sprunted up and took heart.

• 1903 August 22, Susan Teackle Moore, “De Scotchin' of Witch Hagar”, in The Saturday Evening Post, volume 176, number 8, Philadelphia: Curtis Pub. Co., →ISSN, page 13:

  Brer Tollfrees sprunted up at once—de good liquor helpin' him some.

• 1905, Amy E. Blanchard, A Frontier Knight, Boston: W. A. Wilde Co., →OCLC, page 334:

  She's sprunted up wonderful this last year.

• 1912 February, William E. Towne, “Views and Reviews”, in The Nautilus, volume 14, number 4, Holyoke: Elizabeth Towne, →OCLC, page 41:

  The spirit of liberty is abroad in the world. ¶ Even Persia "sprunted" up and stood for her rights for a few days. But the Russian Bear was too overpowering.

• 1914 May, Harry Allen Overstreet, “[Book review of The Problem of Evil in Plotinus]”, in The Philosophical Review, volume 23, number 135, Lancaster: Longmans, Green, & Co., →OCLC, page 354:

  We sprunt up; we demand our rights; we are democrats. We cry 'Lo here' and 'Lo there!'

• 1917, Amy E. Blanchard, In Camp With the Muskoday Camp Fire Girls, Boston: W. A. Wilde Co., →OCLC, page 304:

  I always was a duffer and hated school, but I am beginning to see that a fellow mustn't be a dunderhead if he hopes to get anywhere, so see old Jimmy sprunt up and dig this year.

• 1918, Martin Sindell, Romance and Revolution, Eau Claire: Paramount Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 516:

  The choreboy quickly sprunted up and replied, 'I tell you, Landers, I hain't never told nobody nothin' abeout it, so there!'

• 1922 September 23, Tom P. Morgan, “The Emperor of the Tullihones”, in The Country Gentleman, volume 87, number 33, Philadelphia: Curtis Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 9:

  At the sight of her the fat man blinked, and old Yobber instantly sprunted up.