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Band of the Bobtails Discourse Sweet Music, and all that sort of thing, You Know.

From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by De Mille, James

Presintly I found him in our lines—the Bobtails was quartered next us—an' a tallowy, top-heavy son av a she-mule he was, wid his big brass spurs an' his plastrons on his epigastons an' all.

From International Short Stories English by Various

Tall, straight as an arrow, and singularly well-proportioned, the picturesque costume of the 129th Bobtails could add but little to the effect already produced by so martial a figure.

From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by De Mille, James

The market place rang with the continuous drilling of the Bobtails.

From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Moore, Gay Montague

I am a lieutenant in her Majesty's 129th Bobtails.

From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by De Mille, James