How To Use Bobtail In A Sentence
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bobtailed" out of the ---- th, he had turned up at the old arsenal recruiting depot at St. Louis, clean-shaven, neat, deft-handed, helpful, to the end that an optimistic troop commander "took him on again," in the belief that a reform had indeed been inaugurated.
An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier
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And as the bobtailed, long-necked chestnut, trying to get his head, jerked the left hand, covered by a thick dogskin glove, the doctor raised his voice over the hedge:
Amy Foster
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Tsarevo-Zaymishche he rode his light bay bobtailed ambler accompanied by his Guards, his bodyguard, his pages, and aides-de-camp.
War and Peace
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bobtail mare
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Finally, Mrs. Carrillo cleared things up for me, and this is what a bob-tail is in the Jingle Bells song: A bobtail is a shorted tail of a horse, dog or sheep.
Christmas spirit
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Composed of one or more curves, angles, kinks or any combination thereof, the tail is created by a simple recessive gene which breeds true in any bobtail-to-bobtail cross.
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The bobtailed, long-necked chestnut, trying to get his head, jerked the left hand, covered by a thick dogskin glove.
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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.
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bobtailed" -- to be discharged or to be given a discharge without honor.
Rhymes of the Rookies
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Every unincumbered piece of our property, the orts, dregs, and offcast of our operations, were made the subjects of transfers to the rag-tag and bobtail of Lattimore society.
Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic
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When Kearns laid down his hand it showed a bobtail flush, while Harnish's hand proved that he had had the nerve to call on a pair of tens.
Chapter 2
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Since he hasn't been home in Texas since January 1, this -- the "bobtail" of a truck based in New Jersey -- is JB's world.
Barbara Ehrenreich: With the Truckers in DC
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The Emperor, surrounded by his suite of officers and courtiers, was riding a bobtailed chestnut mare, a different one from that which he had ridden at the review, and bending to one side he gracefully held a gold lorgnette to his eyes and looked at a soldier who lay prone, with blood on his uncovered head.
War and Peace
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And the word "bobtail" has caused much confusion - in that I had absolutely no idea what a bobtail was.
Christmas spirit
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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
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I rip off bobtail pull fur down back peeling it over belly yank it over head across paws drop it on old newspaper insert knife where naked legs spread apart slash down thru tender belly as thin blood drip drips
Norbert kraft | skinning a rabbit « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
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He was just one of the rag tag and bobtail.
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The most popular herding dog at the time was the Smithfield, a big, black, cobby, bobtailed dog with a long, rough coat.
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Squid, along with octopus and bobtail squid (Rossia spp.), play an important role as prey in Arctic waters for species such as narwhal, beluga, seals, cod and Greenland halibut.
Innovations-report
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And as the bobtailed, long-necked chestnut, trying to get his head, jerked the left hand, covered by a thick dogskin glove, the doctor raised his voice over the hedge:
Amy Foster
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You remember the time when we had horses drawing cars of various lengths, some of full length, some familiarly called "bobtail," I know that at times I have covered both the beginning and the end of the journey in the same day, so great was the speed.
Toronto and her Place in the British Empire
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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
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Sometimes fur hats, bobtailed coats, or dirty panamas.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON
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The muscular 17-pound bobtail cat, which belongs to William and Shannon Secolo, fought off coyotes inside its Kennewick home early one morning last week ....
Coyotes Vs.
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Deuceace handed back the letter; sneared, and poohd, and hinted that such an invitation was an insult at best (what he called a pees ally); and, the ladies might depend upon it, was only sent because Lady Bobtail wanted to fill up two spare places at her table.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
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Now back to its white friend, trotting, bobtailed, across a recess between talon-like projections in the scarp.
Times, Sunday Times
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To the exact rhythm of our horses 'hoofs and the jounce of our bells, we lined it out: Bells on bobtail ring!
Time and Again
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Next Saturday and March 21 you can, along with Manx, American bobtail, ragdoll, ocicat and many other breeds of purebred cats.
Post-gazette.com - News
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Michael, who had followed in at her invitation, betrayed a ridiculously swollen nose as he sniffed noses with Jerry, wagged his bobtail to Harley in greeting, and was greeted in turn with a blissful hand laid on his head.
CHAPTER XXXVI
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And take the Prime Minister and the rest of the rag, tag and bobtail with you.
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In contrast, the flexible protein structures in a bobtail squid's platelets can quickly change configuration.
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I came home with three cats, two bobtailed sisters and a black-and-white.
The Dirty Life
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The soft, silky coat of the shorthair bobtail is medium in length without a noticeable undercoat.
