Verb (used without object) : His verses hobble with their faulty meters. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : His tight shoes hobbled him. From Dictionary.com.
"I thank you, sir, I thank you," said the hobbler, with pleasant frankness. From Wordnik.com. [Our Friend the Charlatan] Reference
True, without any consideration for the girl's presence, he sometimes asked Gitta why they still burdened themselves with the useless hobbler and did not sell the cart and the donkey. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
He threw it carelessly from him, and at the same time suffered the dismounted cavalier to rise, while he himself remounted his hobbler, and looked towards the rest of Oliver's party, who were now advancing. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day] Reference
Unacquainted with its wonderful mechanism, he was injured in the side by one of the lions the first time he attempted to mount it, and forever after he limped, wherefore he was given the surname Necho, the hobbler. From Wordnik.com. [The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4] Reference
“Let’s get those boots off—I can’t stand a hobbler,” Madame Scull said. From Wordnik.com. [Comanche Moon] Reference
He threw it carelessly from him, and at the same time suffered the dismounted cavalier to rise, while he himself remounted his hobbler, and looked towards the rest of Oliver’s party, who were now advancing. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
The hobbler or the knits?. From Wordnik.com. [Sandy's Knitting] Reference
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