In his youth One Eye had once sniffed too near a similar, apparently inert ball of quills, and had the tail
flick out suddenly in his face.
Mavra Kuzminichna
flicked the dust off the clavichord and closed it, and with a deep sigh left the drawing room and locked its main door.
Finally, Hirst's odious words
flicked his mind like a whip, and he remembered that he had left her talking to Hirst.
The boy
flicked the big, boney horse with his whip and looked thoughtful.
D--n un, if the parson had unt his petticuoats on, I should have lent un o
flick; for I love thee dearly, my boy, and d--n me if there is anything in my power which I won't do for thee.
He started and
flicked his whip, I shouted so savagely.
Each beast was called by name, the weakest first, and woe betide any dog that moved out of his turn; for the tapering lash would shoot out like thonged lightning, and
flick away an inch or so of hair and hide.
Flick them in the face with a wet towel, and
flick them hard.
Coulson
flicked the ash once more from the end of his cigar and looked at it thoughtfully.
He
flicked the horse with his whip, and we dashed away through the endless succession of sombre and deserted streets, which widened gradually, until we were flying across a broad balustraded bridge, with the murky river flowing sluggishly beneath us.
She reeled just then, giddy with fatigue, and down came the lash and
flicked a flake of skin from her naked shoulder.
He saw birds come and dip their heads to drink in it and then
flick their wings and fly away.