1710 10–13 Feb. Little dirty Brats scarce Nine-pin high.
1731 E. Cooke Hist. Col. Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion in (ed. 3) i. 3/2 Wrapt in their little God of Strife, Who was (to draw him to the Life) From Head to Foot scarce Nine-pin high, Nor half so thick as Magogg's Thigh.