They fetched the patient little skewbald who came out gladly. From Wordnik.com. [Five Go To Mystery Moor]
"We might ask the little gypsy boy who came with the skewbald horse, " said Anne. From Wordnik.com. [Five Go To Mystery Moor]
The little skewbald stood very patiently, and George felt a sudden liking for the ugly little creature. From Wordnik.com. [Five Go To Mystery Moor]
The two girls and Gussy were in Pedro's little van, and he was driving the small skewbald horse that belonged to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Circus of Adventure]
All over they were gold with sun; not skewbald from wearing clothes; and on the brown their pale fair hair shone like silver. From Wordnik.com. [The Bull From The Sea]
It is told by the horse, an unfortunate creature, a skewbald, gelded by a groom because of his unsightly, unacceptable coloring. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrities] Reference
The horse was a skewbald mare, and she patterned up so well with the snow and the trees and the patches of open ground that she appeared to be melting into them. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
Emmanuel and the skewbald had much in common, including the use of the kitchen, and one saw their grey heads, almost any evening, poking together out of the window. From Wordnik.com. [Cider With Rosie]
So how, precisely, do I find myself the father of a teenage owner of one 5-year-old, skewbald, equine quadruped, about 13 hands tall, who answers, rather inattentively, to the name Buttons?. From Wordnik.com. [Finding the Next Winner] Reference
So how, precisely, do I find myself the father of a teenage owner of one five-year-old, skewbald, equine quadruped, about 13 hands tall, who answers, rather inattentively, to the name Buttons?. From Wordnik.com. [History, Horses and the Luck of the Irish] Reference
Her foal is also expected to be chestnut skewbald. From Wordnik.com. [Horse & Hound Online news] Reference
It's this cantankerous skewbald that started the tantrum. From Wordnik.com. [Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle] Reference
He raised his skewbald eyes and looked from Alleyn to Fox. From Wordnik.com. [Death in Ecstasy]
The only irregularities in Mr. Ogden were his eyes, which were skewbald — one light blue and one brown. From Wordnik.com. [Death in Ecstasy]
Most Gypsy cobs are what Americans would call spotted and what the British would call piebald or skewbald. From Wordnik.com. [Shelbyville Times-Gazette Headlines] Reference
Elaine saw, coming toward her at no great distance, a string of yellow-painted vans, drawn for the most part by skewbald or speckled horses. From Wordnik.com. [The Unbearable Bassington] Reference
Nicola Wilson rode a very impressive clear round on her skewbald mount, Mini Mr Bigglesworth, in a time that couldn't be beaten to take first place. From Wordnik.com. [Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines] Reference
He had a blue wagon, had George, with scarlet wheels and a green awning; and his horse was a red-and-white skewbald and jingled bells on its bridle. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
In fact, so pleased did the skewbald seem with his new friends that he refused to stir from the melee into which an unforeseen chance had plunged him. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Souls] Reference
The traces were disentangled, and a few slaps on the nose forced the skewbald to draw back a little; after which the teams were straightened out and separated. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Souls] Reference
But the doctor had proved invincible, as had the Yellow-Knife scout on his skewbald pony, which, for all its meanness of shape and size, had stood up to it all. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Unaga] Reference
Among the rarer birds which are now on the market to compensate us may be mentioned the bobolink, the dwarf cassowary, the Bombay duckling and the skewbald fintail. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914] Reference
Must have worn that some constant; for from the bushy eyebrows up he's as white as a piece of chalk, and with the rest of his face so coppery it gives him an odd, skewbald look. From Wordnik.com. [Shorty McCabe on the Job] Reference
The facts are that sometime around 1790 a race took place on the curragh of Kildare (near Dublin) between a skewbald horse owned by Sir Arthur Marvel and "Miss Portly", a gray mare owned by Sir Ralph Gore. From Wordnik.com. [Scew Ball (Stewball)] Reference
"It's funny that so many gypsies have skewbald horses. From Wordnik.com. [Five Go To Mystery Moor]
So we’ve asked headquarters, Sydney, if it knows anything about a tall man with an American accent and skewbald eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Death in Ecstasy]
A blue wagon, had George, with scarlet wheels and a green awning; and his horse was a red-and-white skewbald and jingled bells on its bridle. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
“That skewbald, barin — you might think it well to sell him, seeing that he is nothing but a rascal?. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Souls] Reference
Manilov’s domestics, was making remarks of a didactic nature to the off horse of the troika11, a skewbald. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Souls] Reference
With the skewbald horse. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Miniver] Reference
The skewbald stood patiently. From Wordnik.com. [Five Go To Mystery Moor]
A skewbald horse owned by Sir Arthur Marvel and "Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Skewball] Reference
I'll swap him even for your skewbald. ". From Wordnik.com. [Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle] Reference
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