"Look ahead there -- I just saw a man on the cowcatcher.". From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
Sure enough, on the cowcatcher sat a man, huddled up comfortably. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
But didn't I come near to ripping the cowcatcher from that engine?. From Wordnik.com. [The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas] Reference
"Man on your cowcatcher there," he called down as Ralph started up the engine. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
The engine itself had most of the cowcatcher torn off and the headlight smashed. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys in Frisco] Reference
It is urged that all taxi-cabs should have a cowcatcher in front in case of accidents. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28] Reference
The train was forced to a crawl with the cowcatcher fairly nipping at the horse's heels. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
Need a cowcatcher on the front of the truck, just like that Dodge in the remake of Death Race. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Escaping New York.] Reference
He was out on the running board and onto the cowcatcher so quickly that he seemed fairly to fly. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
We need a cowcatcher to clear traffic! and a bagpipe and fiddle song playing in the background on repeat. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Aguirre » Blog Archive » …she’s ba’-a-a-a-ck…] Reference
Sophie sat down hard, her feet splayed out, her lower lip pushed out like the cowcatcher on a steam engine. From Wordnik.com. [A Dirty Job HTML]
The lower part of the vehicle was crunched under the cowcatcher and the child was almost borne away with it. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
Hmmm, unless I'm much mistaken this is the Agricultural Android Model 350 complete with abdominal cowcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [Ferre: Abs Fab] Reference
"Here's my partner," he announced, as the man Ralph had discovered on the cowcatcher appeared at the side of the cab. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
"But we will spoil their game I guess, and I don't think the railroad company will complain at the loss of a cowcatcher.". From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys in Frisco] Reference
Doctor Rinderpest, the bestquoted cowcatcher in all Muscovy, with a bolus or two of physic to take the bull by the horns. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
I stepped on the cowcatcher and found the pilot occupied. From Wordnik.com. [Hoboes That Pass in the Night] Reference
The album cover showed him seated on a train's cowcatcher with a guitar and. From Wordnik.com. [Flames Rising Horror Webzine] Reference
Unlike American trains, this one runs without lights, bell, whistle or cowcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.pantagraph.com] Reference
We always expect to see an enormous red tongue running in and out over the cowcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned] Reference
Wait till you get him on the cowcatcher of your Manton, anti then break it to him gently. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Motormaniacs] Reference
He created the first reliable actuarial tables, invented skeleton keys and the locomotive cowcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
And then I spotted her, crouched down right against the cowcatcher, that close I'd almost stepped on her. From Wordnik.com. [The Red One] Reference
We especially like the beautifully crafted custom fender flares, and the cowcatcher in front is a definite keeper. From Wordnik.com. [Jalopnik] Reference
I could only place stones on the line, but these were swept away by the cowcatcher, and so the train passed in safety. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years' War] Reference
Cut the cowcatcher to its round shape and finish sharpening it with a wood rasp (file) or rough sandpaper. and Your Budget. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles] Reference
California, a little fellow came and worked for ten days, who once travelled 200 miles inside the cowcatcher of an engine. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Notebook] Reference
And I never had much trouble with the Spiggoties, what of letting them sneak free rides in the tender or on the cowcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [The Red One] Reference
Captain Fuller rode on the pilot of his engine, and removed such of the obstructions as were not knocked off by the cowcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Of Georgia] Reference
A check, using the cowcatcher for a desk, and handed it to Gibson with a bow. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
Yeah, the cowcatcher isn’t in the blueprints because we didn’t know it was there. From Wordnik.com. [Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » The Devil and The Details] Reference
Is actually a very large, interstellar freight train with your name written on its cowcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [walls of the city] Reference
A station where the fireman always went out to the cowcatcher, opened the oil-cup on the steam-chest, and poured oil in. From Wordnik.com. [Edison, His Life and Inventions] Reference
We passed over the grille of a cowcatcher. From Wordnik.com. [Violets Are Blue]
He was on the cowcatcher of an engine. From Wordnik.com. [Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War] Reference
"You must get off of that cowcatcher.". From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
…maybe a space-age cowcatcher?. From Wordnik.com. [Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » The Devil and The Details] Reference
"Deploy the cowcatcher.". From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: 100 quotes, one show] Reference
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