Deboon only brushed and brushed, with both hands, a pet fox which perched friskily on his shoulder, but said nothing.
"First Fam'lies of the Sierras"
Joaquin Miller
I noticed, however, a few extra unladen camels, which take turn with others for carrying, as also several foals following lightly and friskily their dams.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
"Fancy you and Algy bidding against each other like that," said Ada Pratt, archly, to Lord Newhaven, for though Ada was haughty in general society she could be sportive, and even friskily ingratiating, towards those of her fellow-creatures whom she termed "swells."
"Red Pottage"
Mary Cholmondeley