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1828 Atlantic Souvenir 157 Since 'tis so then, little throbber! It is plain that we must part, And not to be thy comfort's robber, I'll give thee to Eliza, heart.

1865 Lenderman's Thousand Characters 258 First rate,—got full possession—, easiest thing in the world,—Girl's throbber entirely unoccupied.

1890 G. Meredith Let. 10 Jan. (1970) II. 988 How glad is your poet that he secured his forgiveness before the Voice was..sharpened to hush the Thousands, and whip or curb their hearts. Else—but this poor throbber would have broken.

1992 N. J. Groves tr. E. Barlach Dead Day ii. 53 Feel around for the throbber, the pounder—that's right, there it beats.

1884 Evening Gaz. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 17 Mar. His soul..had never throbbed and thrilled... He was about as unsatisfactory a throbber and thriller as I have met for years.

1912 Amer. Mag. Aug. 395/2 She went on Women's stuff, and I do the big Sunday throbber.

1933 A. Collodon Congo Jake xii. 157 So we set off in a ‘throbber’ called La Belgique—a ship considerably older than Myers or myself!

1978 ‘S. Shem’ House of God iii. 52 I thought of Potts and his blue-steel throbber, but my own blue steel was throbless that night.

2000 P. Taylor Pray for us Sinners (2013) 142 He'd take a couple of aspirin before the ache turned into a real throbber.

2009 Time Out N.Y. 26 Feb. 50/3 The DJ and producer has unleashed a hammer-of-Thor throbber that'll find favor with the Tenaglias and Superchumbos of the world.