mouse

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After much discussion, they tap MOUSE, because elephants are supposedly afraid of mice.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2018

I called her attention to the following line, and, although she knew only the three words, CAT, EAT and MOUSE, she caught the idea.

From The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Macy, John Albert

MOUSE, danger of poverty through theft or swindling.

From Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves, by a Highland Seer by

So doff th' imposture of those heavy brows; They do not serve to hide thy instincts base— And if thou must be sometimes munching MOUSE, Munch it, O Owl! with less profound a face.

From The Poems of Henry Timrod by Timrod, Henry