"Whopper" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Georgia was de whopper. I don't know 'zactly how many acres, but it a big one. Us make everything and tan hides and make shoes, jes' like all de big places did. De big house and de weavin' house and de tannin' yard and de sugar mill and slave quarters made a li'l town. Dere used to be some mighty big doin's dere. De ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Texas Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration
... unable to hold their own; but as the mate always has first pick of the men this seldom happens. So, as usual, we were first, and soon I heard the order given, "Stand up, Louey, and let 'em have it!" Sure enough, here we were right among them. Louis let drive, "fastening" a whopper about twenty feet long. The injured animal plunged madly forward, accompanied by his fellows, while Louis calmly bent another iron to a "short warp," or piece of whale-line, the loose end of which he made a bowline with around the main line which was fast ...
— The Cruise of the Cachalot - Round the World After Sperm Whales • Frank T. Bullen
... must be a whopper! What does he say? When is he coming here? Give me some of the points of it. But, by the way, Edna, before you begin, I will say that I think it is about time he should write. Since the letter in which he told about the guano-bags and sent you that lot of money—let me see, how long ...
— The Adventures of Captain Horn • Frank Richard Stockton
... guess what that means, Bob," he remarked. "It's sure going to bring on a whopper before a great while. All the signs point that way right now. So we can expect to get ...
— The Saddle Boys of the Rockies - Lost on Thunder Mountain • James Carson
... I thought it would discourage him, but—it didn't. So I told him a whopper. I said we were engaged." The speaker tittered. She was ...
— Rainbow's End • Rex Beach
... Captain de Banyan; but I am ordered to report forthwith," interrupted Somers, who had no desire to hear another "whopper." ...
— The Young Lieutenant - or, The Adventures of an Army Officer • Oliver Optic
... She is telling an awful whopper," proclaimed this amazing girl. "I won't dress up and come to dinner because I won't. She trapped me into a woman's club this afternoon and tried to get me to make a speech without even telling me what she meant to do and now I won't ...
— The Butterfly House • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
... whopper of Maui roping the sun like a wild steer, and that other whopper of heaving up the ...
— On the Makaloa Mat/Island Tales • Jack London |
