tarrier

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

An ill-natured old man and an old chawed up bull tarrier 259 are just the things tew set side bi side sumwhare in the sun, and fite flies for amuzement!

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

Nobody seemed to side with him, and everybody seemed ready—when once the tongues were loosed—to say a word for Jud and "th' best tarrier i'Riggan."

From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Mi wife iz one ov them kind ov wimmin that don’t make enny statements unless they are true, so yu needn’t send me enny more tarrier.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

You see, the old tarrier was crossing Saint Nicholas Avenue, with a big market basket full of provisions—the family dinner, I suppose.

From Cap'n Warren's Wards by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

I am out 2 vases, a quart of nu milk, and one tarrier.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.