tarrier
Example Sentences
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He's th' best tarrier for owt as tha ivver seed.
From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I mean sum time tew hav a rat tarrier, and then I suppoze, to enjoy myself, I shall have tew git sum rats.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
I never hav had the happiness yet to own a rat tarrier even, in fakt i hav allus been poor, and haven’t been beforehanded enuff yet tew own a dog.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
Where wings to rustle use, But this poor tarrier - Searching my spirit's eaves - Find I for carrier.
From Poems by Francis Thompson
There was some friction when George first coom on leave an' Mr. Gedge let 'im have th' tarrier for a day's ratting.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 16, 1920 by Various
