"Choppy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... last to a difficult, narrow, canon trail, where the pony hopped skillfully over fallen trees, until, for very weariness of his choppy, determined efforts, she dismounted, tied him securely, and made the rest of her climb on foot. Hidden Creek tumbled near her and its voice swelled. All at once, round the corner of a great wall of rock, she came upon the head. It gushed ...
— Hidden Creek • Katharine Newlin Burt
... by the French "ridens," or in England "ridges," and in some charts, "ripples" or "overfalls," and while there is sure to be a short choppy sea upon them, even in calm weather, the effect of a gale is to make them ...
— The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" • John MacGregor
... afterwards, and the extra canvas would not have made ten minutes' difference to us at the outside. We shall have pretty nearly a dead beat down the Solent. Fortunately the tide will be running strong with us, but there will be a nasty kick up there. You will see we shall feel the short choppy seas there more than we shall when we get outside. She is a grand boat in a really heavy sea, but in short waves she puts her nose into it with a will. Now, if you will take my advice, you will do as I am going to do; put on a pair of fisherman's boots and oilskin and sou'wester. There are several ...
— Among Malay Pirates - And Other Tales Of Adventure And Peril • G. A. Henty
... man was a good weight and not fat, so that he floated deep. The sea was choppy, too, with a nasty little surf on the beach. But the Eel brought the sufferer in ...
— The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers • Francis Rolt-Wheeler
... a handsome female elephant approached, careering at a curious choppy gait. With her trunk well up, she was ...
— Son of Power • Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost
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