单词 | bobtailed |
例句 | Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He went out with a round knife, but the bobtailed devil had been there before him and had so mixed up the rye that he could not cut it with the round knife. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Of Cinderella, the famous Canning, premier of England, wrote in glowing rhyme: "Six bobtailed mice transport her to bhe ball, And liveried lizards wait upon her call." The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z Every afternoon, when the sun was hot and high, a mother grouse led her five bobtailed young to some abandoned ant hills beside the forest. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z He was a tall, ungainly-looking countryman, dressed in a blue bobtailed coat with white metal buttons, white duck trousers, heavy blucher boots, and a top hat and white gloves. Rambling Recollections of Chelsea by an old inhabitant This was a bobtailed crow, and he did not obey the word of command. Ways of Nature The bobtailed devil heard it, and thought: "I could not cope with him on the rye, but I will get the better of him in the oats,—just let the morning come." Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z People used to think the old bobtailed horse-car—excuse my language—wasn't much, but the trolley-cars are a long way from perfect. In a Little Town This is the bobtailed, short-eared, dark gray mouse that is found making runs in the thick grass, especially in low places. Wild Animals at Home The disgrace of being parent to a "bobtailed" and condemned criminal was as the bitterness of death. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. I knew a farmer in New York who had a very large bobtailed churn-dog by the name of Cuff. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers A few years ago almost all work dogs in the interior were bobtailed; now the plumes wave over the teams again. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska On the main street he found one lone, bobtailed street-car waiting at the end of its line, its horse dejected with the ennui of its career, the driver dozing on the step. In a Little Town Here Merrihew found one of his dreams come true, and his first vision of the Grand Canal, with its gondolas and barges and queer little bobtailed skiffs, was never to leave him. The Lure of the Mask What that dear, brown driver with the red vest, the bobtailed, buttony coat, and the big yellow tassels dancing from his hat brim, thought of those two American damsels we shall never know. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Meeting a man on the route, he asked him if he had seen a little, old, white man, with a short gun, and with a small bobtailed dog. Pushing to the Front I don't give a bobtailed scat what the Talmud says. A Woman Named Smith He turned hurriedly as he spoke and fetched the bobtailed sheep-dog on its chain. Children of the Mist Gladly I would hunting go, With the bobtailed dog so fleet, Pleasure of a good brave youth! Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations Bob-Tail—a dishonorable discharge, or a discharge without honor; to be "bobtailed"—to be discharged or to be given a discharge without honor. Rhymes of the Rookies Hawkeye unrolled his coat and turned out a bobtailed young Robin in the speckled plumage, shot through the body. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Why, you cross between the Last Rose of Summer and a bobtailed flush!" says I, "what d'yer mean? Red Saunders His Adventures West & East Four and six bobtailed thoroughbreds rolled their coaches to town; open hospitality and gay entertainment were the rule. The Souls of Black Folk The little bobtailed Coyote had had rare advantages of training just where the others were lacking: she knew the devices of man. Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted I agreed with him that the bobtailed coat and mixed trousers constituted a very odd-looking court-dress, and suggested that it was doubtless his present purpose to get back to Connecticut as fast as possible. Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches These bobtailed cats are actually starving and ready to enter any kind of a trap or snare that carries a bait. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake It is usually described as a characteristically American movement, a sort of bobtailed scheme of thought, excellently fitted for the man on the street, who naturally hates theory and wants cash returns immediately. Meaning of Truth The cars were little "bobtailed" receptacles, usually badly painted and more often than not in a desperate state of disrepair. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry "Frowzy huzzies! not worth the keeping, or I would not have sent them; fit only for the bobtailed militia of New England!" exclaimed La Corne. The Golden Dog One in a black uniform with white plumes in his hat rode a bobtailed chestnut horse, the other who was in a white uniform rode a black one. War and Peace It was a bobtailed, rawboned animal, but, as Tom complacently remarked to Alida, "He can pass about anything on the road"—a boast that he let no chance escape of verifying. He Fell in Love with His Wife I have two horses,—I do not count my servant's bobtailed nag. Twenty Years After |
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