hurtle
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Hurtle two stories toward the earth in a metal and plastic tube as others watch and, almost certainly, laugh.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2011
The novel is the story of Hurtle Duffield, a precocious boy born into poverty and bought for £500 by a society family.
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2010
Hurtle is accused of great cruelty, as well as achieving moments of astonishing beauty; so too was White.
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2010
The Vivisector by Patrick White: Painter Hurtle Duffield dissects the weaknesses of "the men and women who court him during his long life" with "cruel precision".
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2010
Hurtle, hurt′l, v.t. to dash against: to move violently: to clash: to rattle.—v.i. to move rapidly with a whirring sound.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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