cotton-mouth

Example Sentences

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A wound by the cotton-mouth moccasin, if treated properly, may not result in death.

From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch

A cotton-mouth water snake, short, thick as a man's arm and indescribably loathsome, wriggled on top of the mud as Roger prepared to leap.

From The Plunderer by Oyen, Henry

Then, quite unexpectedly—oh! what a start it gave her!—the solitary white object burst upon her view, leprous and ghastly as the yawn of a cotton-mouth.

From Chita: a Memory of Last Island by Hearn, Lafcadio

We were both old hands at the business, had each in our time suffered the "cotton-mouth" thirst, and the memory of it outweighed any desire for treasure.

From Arizona Nights by White, Stewart Edward

But weuns have medicine tuh take when cotton-mouth or moccasin hit in leg with fangs.

From Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat by Rathborne, St. George