| 单词 | currycomb |
| 例句 | He knocked his currycomb against the trunk of the tree. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z With a currycomb and a pair of shears from the stables he had tried to arrange his hair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He took brush and currycomb from the wall, took down the barrier of the box stall and stepped cautiously in. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy stuck the brush and currycomb together and laid them on the rail, and went up to breakfast. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Chasten performed no grooming at this camp, unless at some point he and the campers currycombed a horse. Perspective | Fans of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill have a new favorite word: ‘grooming’ 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z The large ogre’s jaw, topped by graying hair cut currycomb short. Perspective | South Carolina is like Cinderella — if she came to NCAA ball with brass knuckles 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z That may be some kind of currycomb that scrapes the sperm out of the bursa copulatrix. It?s Complicated: When Dragonfly Love Comes Calling 2011-10-17T22:26:43Z One of them threw down the currycomb and brush and ran immediately to Ruth as she appeared at the bars. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z This, with a slight general application of the improvised currycomb, completed in her eyes all necessary grooming. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z And b after m is silent, as lamb, jamb, climb, tomb, womb, numb, thumb, crumb, dumb, plumb, comb, hecatomb, catacomb, currycomb, coxcomb, succumb. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z All tools, pails, currycombs, etc., used in this shed should be used in it exclusively and nowhere else. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z Say, the way these leaders of society currycomb your back would paralyze you! The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z One day when he was currycombing a horse, the young lady came to him in the stable. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z Immediately, according to 'the usages and customs of war, I chose the best nag at hand, currycombed, bridled and mounted it in the space of a few minutes. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Mitchell was at the barn, among the horses, and there came the occasional and almost rhythmic tap, tap, tap of his currycomb against the thin wall. A Yankee from the West A Novel Very soon our horses had the benefit of it, the bath being in that country, where the currycomb and brush are entirely unknown, the only external refreshment these animals ever get. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. The making of currycombs, though shrunk to somewhat insignificant proportions within the last quarter of a century, was once a very prominent industry in Willenhall. The Annals of Willenhall I opens the window so's to get in some air that ain't been strained and currycombed and scented with violets, and then we starts to throw the shot bag around. Side-stepping with Shorty In winter, when the cows are kept very much in-doors, they are all regularly groomed with currycombs. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 One morning late in June he was aroused by the voice of the Mexican, who, with brushes and currycomb in hand, had come to clean him. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance And the coachman went ahead currying the sleek-looking Ajax II, who whinnied with pleasure as the currycomb slid over his glossy brown coat. The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons Being one of the exciting episodes in the career of the famous detective Hemlock Holmes, as recorded by his friend Dr. Watson Down dropped his currycomb; he jumped into the air; snapped his fingers; then he threw his arms round Jenny, and tickled her under the chin. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. "Oh, I'm not fussin'," says I; "but what you need to use on that thatch is a currycomb and a lawn rake." Side-stepping with Shorty That tongue of hers is a currycomb, plus warmth and moisture and flexibility. Ways of Nature Farrish, in a manner that showed a certain reluctance, put up the currycomb with which he had been grooming the sorrels, and started toward the rear door. The Heart of Thunder Mountain "I could make as good music out of a currycomb, as you out of that cracked thing that sits perched on your hump—like a monkey on the back of a dromedary." The Buccaneer A Tale Their voices rose to Frederick's ears, mingled with the intermittent sounds made by a currycomb knocking against a stone. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man Anty had been so thoroughly scrubbed that she glistened, and Julia had been brushed and currycombed until she looked like satin. Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks There was never a rock the size of a currycomb between them and the line of the sky. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 He had notions concerning the manner in which a currycomb should be used. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes "Get your currycomb, and we'll make a wager of it," replied Robin, unslinging his gittern, while some of the old sailors crowded round the challenger, and voted it a fair challenge. The Buccaneer A Tale Happy I, would fortune doom me But to have me near thy bed, Stroke thee, pat thee, currycomb thee, And hunt o'er thy knightly head. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote Especially in the winter, when she stood long hours in the barn with her neck in a stanchion, did the Muley Cow enjoy Johnnie's attentions with currycomb and brush. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales Belt with the flap and portmanteau, currycomb, brush, and mane-comb, with sponge. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) The man waved his currycomb at her and grinned. How Janice Day Won Have you your boots, your fish-sauce, your currycomb?' he went on. Much Darker Days Two or three stout men were habited as sea nymphs, to attend on the goddess: they carried a looking-glass, some currycombs, a birch-broom, and a pot of red paint, by way of rouge. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer A currycomb and brush were fitted into his stumps, and he was engaged in grooming artillery-horses314 with considerable skill. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Look at his back, I say; it seems made to be patted and currycombed like a horse's. Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands Upon nails in the rafters of the ceiling swing buckets and dippers and lamps, currycombs and brushes. Sergeant York And His People Mr. Shaw's father was originally a working maker of currycombs, an article, before his day, entirely made by hand. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men A Groom used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but at the same time stole his oats, and sold them for his own profit. Aesop's Fables A New Revised Version From Original Sources Currycomb for Scaling Fish—A currycomb is better than a knife for scaling fish, as it protects the hands. Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use Roswell threw down the currycomb with an impatient exclamation, and returned to the house. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 Washburn dropped his brush and currycomb under the desk, and, full of concern, stood looking down at him. Westerfelt At first the little man stroked and caressed them; then, taking out a currycomb, he currycombed them well. Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet Agony to the nervous visitor alone; for the inhabitants of Amboise love their shrieking saws and currycombs, just as they love their shrieking parrots and cockatoos. Americans and Others He drank and apparently relished the murky water of mud-pools and needed but little attention with the currycomb and brush. With the Boer Forces All currycombs found are handwrought, and many have pleasing designs on the backs, formed by the curved iron strips which extend from the handle prong to the back of the comb. New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America The currycomb and brush prevents this wicked practice, by making the cleaning of the horse so easy that it is not worth the laziest man's while to oil the horse instead of currying him. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 57, December 9, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls In the end we were forced to strip him and use the gridiron upon him for a currycomb; so it came in handy, after all. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 And he continued to currycomb a bay horse. More Toasts In the early days of Queen Victoria he owned a much-frequented emporium in Regent Street, at which you could get anything in the line from a tooth-brush to a currycomb. The Street Called Straight Jimmie, I gathered, was currying a horse as he sang, for each bar of the ballad was measured by the double thud of a currycomb against the side of a stall. Somewhere in Red Gap The tide was incoming, that was all, and the waves currycombed the beach with a swishing monotony that would have dehumanized an ostler. At a Winter's Fire "Ah!" he said, after he had noted that my tongue looked like a currycomb. Get Next! Work was in progress there: the play of currycombs, the whirl of the cutting-box, the noise of the mangers, the bellowing of calves, the rich streamy sounds of the milking. The Mettle of the Pasture He had grown up to the scrape and whiffle of the currycomb, breathing ammonia, cracking the skin of his infantile knuckles with harness soap. By Advice of Counsel There was a fatuous tenderness in his attack and the thudding currycomb gave it spirit. Somewhere in Red Gap To dream of a currycomb foretells that great labors must be endured in order to obtain wealth and comfort. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition The Swede was scraping his sides with the currycomb, and the Big Gray, accustomed to Cully's gentler touch, was resenting the familiarity by biting at the tippet wound about the neck of the young man. Tom Grogan Then he took out a currycomb and worked over them till they shone like glass. Adventures of Pinocchio He'd pretended that the bran, wool, currycombs, aprons, and the horse covers and blankets had been lost; and when there was nothing else left to steal, he took the shoes right off the horses' hooves. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself The groom touched his forehead, dropped the currycomb and brush, and turned back into the stable to fetch saddle and bridle. The Mad King I guess the first big thing is to currycomb the whole place, and fix it as it should be to be most convenient for us. Michael O'Halloran And the encouraged fool commenced to shout: "Bring the currycomb, comb the bear, and he in turn will comb your shags with his paws." The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy This is pulled by half-broken shaggy horses which would kick any man who ventured near them with brush or currycomb, and which are sometimes made to travel until they drop in the road. A Woman Tenderfoot I see that when the currycomb or brush touches a certain spot upon the horse's skin there is a cringe, and usually a kick and a squeal,— possibly a harmless nip at the groom's shoulder. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays One, smiling on a young buxom baggage, said, Good morrow, dear currycomb. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Nay, how do we know what is high and what is low? and whether Jack's currycomb, or my epaulets, or his Royal Highness's baton, may not turn out to be pretty equal? The Virginians I suppose they live in the kitchen home and pa'd lose a currycomb in his beard. The Happy End “By the same token,” added Hannekin, “the elf lock came out of my hair this very morn, I having, as you bade me, combed it each morn with the horse’s currycomb.” Grisly Grisell Then take a dead horse's tail, or, failing that, a cotton dusting-cloth, and strike that away which the currycomb hath raised. The Book of Household Management Ha! ha! ha! said Panurge, that is pretty well, in faith; for indeed it stands her in good stead to currycomb this steed. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Before he took Jinny out of her stall he went into the harness-room and hunted about on a shelf until, behind a rusty currycomb and two empty oil-bottles, he found a small mirror. The Awakening of Helena Richie In a shamefaced way he fetched from a tool-box a long-forgotten, strong little currycomb, such as is used on shaggy Shetland ponies. Greyfriars Bobby "There's spirit for you!" drawled Christopher with a laugh, as he applied the currycomb to the mare's flank. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields Christopher turned suddenly, slapped the mare on the flank, and came out of the stall, the currycomb still in his hand. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields Cynthia, searching for him a few minutes later, found him leaning idly against the mare's stall, looking down upon a half-finished nest which a house-wren had begun to build upon his currycomb. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields |
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