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horse's mouth

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  • as inorigin
  • as inprovenience
  • as inrootstock
  • as insource

synonyms for horse's mouth

  • ancestor
  • ancestry
  • connection
  • element
  • influence
  • motive
  • provenance
  • root
  • source
  • agent
  • antecedent
  • author
  • base
  • causality
  • causation
  • creator
  • derivation
  • determinant
  • egg
  • embryo
  • fountain
  • generator
  • germ
  • impulse
  • inception
  • inducement
  • inspiration
  • mainspring
  • nucleus
  • occasion
  • parent
  • parentage
  • principle
  • producer
  • progenitor
  • provenience
  • roots
  • seed
  • spring
  • stock
  • well
  • wellspring

antonyms for horse's mouth

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  • conclusion
  • effect
  • end
  • ending
  • result
  • close
  • completion
  • consequence
  • death
  • destiny
  • finale
  • goal
  • outcome
  • outgrowth
  • termination
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How to use horse's mouth in a sentence

Aristide washed and powdered Jean himself, the landlord lounging by, pipe in mouth, administering suggestions.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
Sol got up, slowly; took a backward step into the yard; filled his lungs, opened his mouth, made his eyes round.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
But such a thing had, nevertheless, come quite glibly out of her mouth, and she knew not why.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
Miss Smith immediately rises from the table, puts up her dear little mouth to her papa to be kissed.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")
The word of the law shall be fulfilled without a lie, and wisdom shall be made plain in the mouth of the faithful.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
Here the speaker, putting her hand before her mouth, coughed again, and looked affectionately at the elder Mr. Weller.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, V. 2(OF 2)CHARLES DICKENS
When she did this, and drooped the corners of her mouth, she was very engaging, and the young man tingled all over with pity.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSON
I laved his pain-twisted face with the cool water and let a few drops trickle into his open mouth.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
While the refined exquisite was giving his order, a jolly western drover had listened with opened mouth and protruding eyes.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUS
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