tarrier

Example Sentences

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Jud Bates and "th' best tarrier i' Riggan" were among the most faithful attendants.

From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Better nor any tarrier she is at it.”

From White Lilac; or the Queen of the May by Walton, Amy

I may want a toy tarrier for a present, or a few rats, or a score or two of sparrers, or—eh, Harry?—to see the lady go through the dove performance.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville

When doggy men beyond ocean talk about a terrier, they usually pronounce it tarrier, and not terrier, as we mostly call him on this bank of the Atlantic.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 by Various

You see, the old tarrier was crossing Saint Nicholas Avenue, with a big market basket full of provisions—the family dinner, I suppose.

From Cap'n Warren's Wards by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby