1994, Richard Powers, Operation Wandering Soul, HarperCollins, ISBN 006097611X, page 232,Each syllable, screamed by a hysteric caller in the world's last round of kick-the-can.
2003, Dorothy Lilja Harrison, A Better Tomorrow?, iUniverse, ISBN 0595284299 page 70,And because few families could afford cars anymore, the alley was a safe place to play Captain-May-I?, kick-the-can, and bounce-out.
2004, Yongsoo Park, Las Cucarachas, Akashic, ISBN 1888451564, page 7,If we were playing kick-the-can, it'd get everyone out of jail and make life hell for whoever's "it."
