tail-twisting

And Michael did, bumping his flanks against Daughtry's knee; nudging his head against Daughtry's hand, in solicitation for more of the blissful ear-rubbing and tail-twisting.

CHAPTER 1 2010

No tail-twisting is necessary — no iron pronging is necessary.

Reprinted Pieces 2007

But most working cowboys preferred ropes, leaving bulldogging and tail-twisting to rodeo exhibitionists.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

And Michael did, bumping his flanks against Daughtry's knee; nudging his head against Daughtry's hand, in solicitation for more of the blissful ear-rubbing and tail-twisting.

Chapter 1 1917

Cool minds were prepared for a little tail-twisting after the great war, even though they could not foresee the unfortunate

Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism Henry Seidel Canby 1919

There were also the spread eagle Americans, the swaggerers and braggarts, who amused themselves in tail-twisting and insulting other nations so long as they could do this with impunity; but now they were brought to book, and their fears magnified the possible danger they might run from the invasion of irate Spaniards.

Theodore Roosevelt An Intimate Biography Thayer, William R 1919

While the bullocks, to much tail-twisting and objurgation, labored in the mud in every direction but the right one, Colonel Kirby sat his charger almost underneath the gate, waiting patiently.

The Winds of the World Talbot Mundy 1909

And your vote-hunting politicians with their tail-twisting campaigns, and our editors of the supercilious weeklies with their inane tone of superiority, if they were all aboard how much clearer we should be!

The Stark Munro Letters 1894

And your vote-hunting politicians with their tail-twisting campaigns, and our editors of the supercilious weeklies with their inane tone of superiority, if they were all aboard how much clearer we should be!

The Stark Munro Letters Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

As we at once objected to the tail-twisting operation, the native gave it up and behaved himself with humanity.

Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Maturin Murray Ballou 1857