tarrier

Example Sentences

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If Adam kept a tarrier, or Eve a poodle, the laps of ages hav washed away the fakt.

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

The cliverest lad of his hands and the best of his feet for twenty mile around—as full o' pluck as a tarrier an' as kindly-hearted as a wench.

From Aunt Rachel by Murray, David Christie

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

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

“That’s a nice enough little tarrier as Sir Grantley Wilters brought, and she won’t have none of it, but leaves it to her ladyship.”

From Lady Maude's Mania by Fenn, George Manville

I may want a toy tarrier for a present, or a few rats, or a score or two of sparrers, or—eh, Harry?—to see the lady go through the dove performance.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville