mare's tail
Example Sentences
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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
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
I eat the mare’s tail and the pith of reed-stems.
From "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character by Douglas English
What one can see in long sulky eyes, a gray face that never smiles, hair like a mare's tail, a body gaunt and spare as a growing boy's—I cannot say I admire thy taste.
From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Margaret West Kinney
