| 单词 | crow-bait |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrow-bait crow-bait n. colloquial (originally U.S.) = crows'-meat n.; spec. an old or worn-out horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > inferior or old and worn-out brockc1000 stota1100 jadec1386 yaud?a1513 roila1529 tit1548 hilding1590 tireling1590 dog horsec1600 baffle1639 Rosinante1641 aver1691 keffel1699 runt1725 hack horse1760 rip1775 kadisha1817 dunghill1833 pelter1854 crow-bait1857 caster1859 plug1860 knacker1864 plug horse1872 crock1879 skate1894 robbo1897 1857 Spirit of Times 14 Feb. 382/1 He had a ole ball-face, bob-tail rip, jest' 'bout fit for crow-bait. 1860 Marysville (Calif.) Appeal 25 Mar. 2/1 For many moments did the teamster ‘cuss’ and belabor his crow-baits. 1884 Harper's Mag. Oct. 738/2 ‘Drivin' a black hoss—a reg'lar crowbate.’ 1887 A. W. Tourgée Button's Inn 149 What right have you to drive a glandered crow-bait? 1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 109 That old crow-bait of his would have starved to death. a1910 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp 73 I think I like your horses best. I haven't seen a crowbait since I've been in town. 1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas I. 98 At this I..rounded up my ‘crow bait’ and pulled out for home. 1957 A. MacNab Bulls of Iberia xiii. 141 He rode out to do the réjon act on an ancient crowbait borrowed from the picadors' stable. < as lemmas |
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