guinea pig
Example Sentences
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Guinea-pig tell him that he made no promise was to help him with Dry-bone.-49- Rabbit walk on till the load get so heavy him begin to cry, say that him going to t'row down Dry-bone.
From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter
The names Guinea-pig and Tadpole have died out, and left behind them only the Buttercups and Daisies, who, however, are as fierce rivals and as inky scamps as even their predecessors were.
From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Reed, Talbot Baines
The Guinea-pig feeds on bread, grain, fruit, vegetables, tea leaves, and especially garden parsley, to which it is very partial.
From Chatterbox Stories of Natural History by Anonymous
You rarely caught a Guinea-pig or a Tadpole alone now; they walked about in dozens, and were very wide awake.
From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Reed, Talbot Baines
An' when they come Ratta was in long coat an' Guinea-pig too, for Ratta tell Guinea-pig they must wear long coat an' they will get all the gal to dance with.
From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter
