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Definition of Bobtailed
1. Adjective. Having a short or shortened tail. "Bobtail mare"
Definition of Bobtailed
1. a. Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat.
Definition of Bobtailed
1. Verb. (past of bobtail) ¹
2. Adjective. Having a bobtail ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bobtailed
1. bobtail [v] - See also: bobtail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bobtailed
Literary usage of Bobtailed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"ODE TO A bobtailed CAT FELIS INFELIX ! Cat unfortunate, With nary narrative!
Canst thou no tail relate Of how (Miaow!) Thy tail end came to terminate so ..."
2. British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation by William D. Drury (1903)
"CHAPTER XVII THE OLD ENGLISH bobtailed SHEEPDOG FEW varieties of British dogs
are so well known by the absolute novice as the Old English Sheepdog, Bobtail, ..."
3. The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"He went out with a round knife, but the bobtailed devil had been there before
... The bobtailed devil heard it, and thought: " I could not cope with him on ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1902)
"“Ferret in, Johnnie,—'tis bobtailed un, un bites; let Farmer Brown handle un.
... And onwards we went, the bobtailed ferret being conveyed by the simple ..."
5. The Fighting Cheyennes by George Bird Grinnell (2004)
"3 Vi'hlo e 6 won ha, White Man's Ladder. * fis cu'Sts e'wa ho, bobtailed Porcupine.
s Ma ai'o si 6h I ho, Breaks the Arrow (by stepping on it). ..."
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