" A rush of dark blood had surged up into Mr. Vetsburg's face, and he twiddled his hat, his dry fingers moving around inside the brim.

The Captain obeyed the gesture, but his huge frame looked awkward on the low seat; he felt aware of it, then aware of the cap on his head; he snatched it off hastily, and twiddled it between his fingers.

" "Then she won't be old enough to say thank you to you either," said Hector, who, all this time, had been losing no moment from his work, but was stitching away, with a bore, and a twiddle, and a hiss, at the sole of a huge boot.

I had a daughter once, for a few weeks, long enough to make me strangely fond of the responsibilities of a father; and then Karslake took her away, leaving me nothing to do with my life but twiddle futile thumbs and contemplate the approach of middle age."

" "Hear that, Swing?" grinned Racey, and twiddled his bare toes delightedly.

Djever get left!" singsonged Racey from the corner of the building, and set the thumb of one hand to his nose and twiddled opprobrious fingers at his comrade.

You stand silent and twiddle the fingers.

If I twiddled my fingers, it was merely to assist thought.

A COUNTING-OUT RHYME Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7, Alabone, Crackabone, 10 and 11, Spin, spun, muskidun, Twiddle 'em, twaddle 'em, 21.

[Organ of touch] hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler, antenna; palpus^. V. touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler.

"I suppose you want an excuse for a soak ashore for six months!" Mr. Wilks twiddled his cap in his hands and smiled weakly.

"I suppose you want an excuse for a soak ashore for six months!" Mr. Wilks twiddled his cap in his hands and smiled weakly.

"Miss Twiddle's black dose;strong enough to rive the gizard out of an old cock!"

Dismal locked his fingers and twiddled his thumbs.

When Dickie took a seat upon a tiny sofa he did not know just how to ask Granny for what he wanted, so he twiddled his thumbs.

"Why do you twiddle your thumbs, Dickie?"

"Every time I went to New York last year I sat and twiddled my thumbs while every one else was dancing.

"My lord, is Mr. Slope to leave this room, or am I?" His lordship twiddled his thumbs, and then proclaimed himself a Slopeite.

Now step in and fetch me out here" He shaped his arms fantastically and twiddled his fingers.

Tiring of this distraction, he was always at liberty to twiddle his thumbs, twirl his pencil, yawn, blink, and look out of the window at the City Park across the way, where excited citizens maintained a steady yelling monotone before the neighbouring newspaper offices all day long.

His boyish fingers twiddled up and down The filthy remnant of a cup of physic That thicked in odour all the while he stayed.

But Dick Juniper held his tongue and sat down and twiddled his hat.

He continually twiddled his hat for three or four minutes, and then rose up straight.

Yet, angry and disgusted as I was, there was nothing for me to do except to swallow the humiliation, walk in, and twiddle my thumbs until the boorish lord of the manor waked to greet his invited guest.

"Tell me, Natwhy did you come to St. James?" He leaned forward over the table, his odd white head almost resting on it, and twiddled his thumbs with wonderful rapidity.