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cayuse

[kahy-yoos, kahy-oos] / kaɪˈyus, ˈkaɪ us /


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We were not under the necessity of being 'grub-staked' by anyone, or more ostentatiously on the hurricane deck of a cayuse.

From Time Magazine Archive

But he did not get to Nevada on his cayuse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Billy’s own horse was a stringy cayuse with a hammer head, but he nearly always won first prize at the stock trials.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

Th' cayuse belongs to Meeker—Juan was riding it.

From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.

The cayuse stood still, trembling, at the top of it, and Ingleby was apparently quivering, too, for his voice shook a little as he answered her half-coherent questions.

From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold




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