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cayuse

[kahy-yoos, kahy-oos] / kaɪˈyus, ˈkaɪ us /


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But he did not get to Nevada on his cayuse.

From Time Magazine Archive

We were not under the necessity of being 'grub-staked' by anyone, or more ostentatiously on the hurricane deck of a cayuse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Billy’s own horse was a stringy cayuse with a hammer head, but he nearly always won first prize at the stock trials.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

"You didn't have to get off yore cayuse to see that," retorted Red.

From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.

To ascend this cañon we must commit our lives and fortunes to cayuse ponies and a mountain trail, which, though good enough to the initiated, is a terror to the “tenderfoot.”

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison




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