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Meanings of great thumps in English

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Usage of great thumps in English
1
Now she lay with her heart broken, while the seas beat her with great thumps.
Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger
2
Her heart was beating in great thumps.
Greatheart
3
Judy's heart beat with great thumps-oneof these people was her sister Hilda, the other was Jasper Quentyns.
A Young Mutineer
4
The little fellow met his glance without quailing, though he could feel his heart within his bosom giving great thumps.
A Century Too Soon: The Age of Tyranny
5
The great thumps became varied by musketry volleys, that were like blocks of rockboulder tumbled in the roll of a mountain torrent.
Vittoria — Volume 6
6
I was still breathing in gasps, and I could feel my heart going in great thumps that hurt and seemed to shake the ground.
A Yankee in the Trenches
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