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cayuse

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


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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

But he did not get to Nevada on his 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

"Yo're th' best girl ever rode a cayuse," he muttered, joyously.

From Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford

"Well," said the big prospector, "that cayuse of his is coming up the trail 'most too played out to put its feet down."

From Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss




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