tarrier

Example Sentences

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"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

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

Old Bob warned me, though, ez Steve, the tarrier, air a mighty thief an' deceivin' ginerally.

From The Young Mountaineers Short Stories by Fraser, Malcolm

What do you say to as nice a toy tarrier as was ever give to a lady?”

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville

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.