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mare's tail

[mairz-teyl] / ˈmɛərzˌteɪl /


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Path swallowedby the mare's tail flick of cow parsley.Your feet pound out the hollowedlaughter of this discarded canal.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2010

Gustav Dore gave him a waist-long mare's tail beard.�

From Time Magazine Archive

Wart gave two terrific kicks and vanished altogether in a clump of mare’s tail several yards away.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Just as they were going to swim off on their tour of inspection, a timid young roach appeared from between two waving bottle bushes of mare’s tail and hung about, looking pale with agitation.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

As the day lengthened they thickened to resemble the scales of a fish, bringing to mind the old saying, "A mackerel sky and a mare's tail," etc.

From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various




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