tarrier
Example Sentences
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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.
He resembles the rat tarrier in countenance, and skratches hiz hed, az natral az a distrikt skool boy, and undoubtedly for the same reason.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
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.
It 's that little tarrier dog of yours, Mrs. Hopkins, that will be after worryin' the mice an' the rats, an' the thaves too, I 'll warrant.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
"Now, then, you young tarrier, make yer manners an' tell yer lies to yer betthers!" said the big sergeant, half grinning as he spoke, his hand on Shorty's collar all the time.
From From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days by King, Charles
