The door swung wide and a band of lithe blue figures, bearing a huge letter "S" done in scarlet on the fronts of their blouses, Pattered into the gymnasium, amid loud applause.
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester
Their steel helmets, upon which rain Pattered a week ago, were like millers' hats.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
A little later he flew over a passenger train and Pattered bullets through its windows, and then, having no more ammunition, went home.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs