trotted

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Trotted out there—making a reg'lar show of a man; not a doubt but what that flunkey knew all about it.

From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

Over the mountain they poured in, With leathern bottles and bags of skin; Through the canyons a motley throng Trotted, hobbled, and limped along.

From Complete Poetical Works by Harte, Bret

And through the turnpike roads till eve    Trotted the horses four, With inside passengers and out    They carried near a score.

From Old Times at Otterbourne by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

The Wolf Struck up the Bargain, and so away they Trotted together: But as they were Jogging on, the Wolf spy'd a Bare Place about the Dog's Neck where the Hair was worn off.

From Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework Business principles applied to housework by Barker, C. Hélène

“And so, amid the laughter gay, Trotted my hero off,—old Tray,— Till somebody, prerogatived With reason, reasoned: ‘Why he dived, His brain would show us, I should say.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)