pitapat
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In a moment there was a curious tearing sound, and then a pitapat on the ground about them.
From Under Fire For Servia by Colonel James Fiske
It was when the comandante, Don Señor el Coronel Encarnacion Rios, looked upon the little saint seated in the shop and felt his heart go pitapat.
From Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry
And then she added, with a laugh, that he ought to be tied up, "for you are a cruel handsome man, Frank, and my heart goes pitapat at the very sight of you!"
From Love, the Fiddler by Lloyd Osbourne
And while she gazed her heart went pitapat.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
And their hearts go pitapat When they hear the soldiers come With a r-r-rat-tat-tat And a tum-titty-um-tum-tum!
From Love-Songs of Childhood by Eugene Field
Pitt's panthers pitapatted round Nebraska; the line poked holes, Fullback Parkinson plunged twice for touchdowns.
From Time Magazine Archive
