sumpter
Example Sentences
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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 Bullen, Frank T.
And behold he came upon a tall red horse, with the mane parted on each side, and he brought with him a large and beautiful sumpter pack.
From The Mabinogion Vol. 1 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir
XII Many a well-laden sumpter before them cross'd the Rhine, That for the fellow-hunters carried bread and wine.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
She had also two sumpter mules richly caparisoned, and carrying a fine bed and all the necessary implements for cooking.
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
But the hermit soberly journeyed toward Nottingham, the two men-at-arms, with the sumpter mule, riding in front.
From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)
