reata

Example Sentences

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It will be painful for Mrs. Darrell to see you as you are, and then you ought to have that reata off now, quickly.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

He ran back to the bronco and untied the reata from the tientos.

From A Man Four-Square by Raine, William MacLeod

They sent one of their number to get a reata for that purpose.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)

She caught the greenhide reata from the nail and went up the stair.

From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

Si Helena Belmont was my daughter, I take the green hide reata to her every morning; but Belmont so soffit, the school is better for her.

From The Californians by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn