tarrier
Example Sentences
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The rat tarrier iz not so mutch dog, az a personal matter, az the Nufoundland iz, but he haz more grit to the square inch.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
Nobody seemed to side with him, and everybody seemed ready—when once the tongues were loosed—to say a word for Jud and "th' best tarrier i'Riggan."
From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
“That’s a nice enough little tarrier as Sir Grantley Wilters brought, and she won’t have none of it, but leaves it to her ladyship.”
From Lady Maude's Mania by Fenn, George Manville
If Adam kept a tarrier, or Eve a poodle, the laps of ages hav washed away the fakt.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
Mi wife iz one ov them kind ov wimmin that don’t make enny statements unless they are true, so yu needn’t send me enny more tarrier.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
