cotton-mouth

Example Sentences

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But weuns have medicine tuh take when cotton-mouth or moccasin hit in leg with fangs.

From Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat by Rathborne, St. George

Next to these a large sized cotton-mouth moccasin is perhaps most to be dreaded, to be followed, depending upon their size, by the other varieties of rattlesnakes, the copperheads, and finally the ground-rattler.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)

They resemble the cotton-mouth moccasin in their general peculiarities, being, however, somewhat lighter in color.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)

We were both old hands at the business, had each in our time suffered the "cotton-mouth" thirst, and the memory of it outweighed any desire for treasure.

From Arizona Nights by White, Stewart Edward

Sometimes a big, deadly cotton-mouth, the ugliest snake in the world, swam in front of Dick as he struggled forward, but though his flesh quivered he said nothing lest he make Ned nervous.

From Dick in the Everglades by Dimock, A. W.