sumpter
Example Sentences
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We started, my uncouth guide sitting tailor-fashion on the sumpter mule, upon the baggage.
From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
I happened to finish first, and, hearing the horses' hoofs, went out and watched the lads who were to be our guides fastening the baggage on the sumpter beasts.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
But the hermit soberly journeyed toward Nottingham, the two men-at-arms, with the sumpter mule, riding in front.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
One of them held up an authoritative hand to the sumpter train which followed.
From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy
But no; after another quarter of an hour's haggling they yielded the last point, and, laden like a sumpter mule, Bill took his triumphant departure.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen
