His name means "waggoner," and a right good waggoner he that day proved to be. From Wordnik.com. [With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back] Reference
Never separate the two, like the heathen waggoner. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
“Our postilion is looking after the waggoner,” said. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
King Arthur by a waggoner, whom he hired for the purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
But on enquiry no one had heard or seen the missing waggoner. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
Then she gives it to some waggoner to fill the farmer's barns. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 94] Reference
There's a warbling waggoner in it, and his team jingling their bells. From Wordnik.com. [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference
A waggoner who was striding behind him heard that and asked, “Who are you?”. From Wordnik.com. [Household Tales] Reference
The waggoner, understanding the case, advised Isaac to make it up, by giving her. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Roderick Random] Reference
These the waggoner delivered to each of us respectively, reading the name aloud first. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
Gasher guided him with taps to the shoulders, as a waggoner might have guided his oxen. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Lands]
The woman struck, but missed her blow, and hit the waggoner right on his head, so that he fell dead. From Wordnik.com. [Household Tales] Reference
A waggoner was seated at a large table with a newspaper before him on which he was intently staring. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference
Good-tempered Tim, the waggoner, who loved his horses, had his grudge against Alick in the matter of corn. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Bede] Reference
The waggoner always rides the near shaft horse, and guides the team by means of reins, a whip, and his voice. From Wordnik.com. [A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America] Reference
The youth went with the waggoner, and in the evening they arrived at an inn where they wished to pass the night. From Wordnik.com. [Household Tales] Reference
He said he'd been trying to buy father for a long time, because he was the best waggoner in all that country abouts. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives] Reference
Hannah went about those set apart for fruit and soon spotted some one she knew -- a waggoner of honest simple looks. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'] Reference
She waited for it, thinking that if the waggoner were not a very sour-looking man, she would ask him to take her up. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Bede] Reference
Then the waggoner snatched the axe and threw it at the sparrow, but it only broke the window, and did not hit the bird. From Wordnik.com. [Household Tales] Reference
Whilst he lay sleeping there, a waggoner came driving by, who had a cart with three horses, laden with two barrels of wine. From Wordnik.com. [Household Tales] Reference
The team was driven by a sturdy waggoner, who had a sharp axe concealed in his clothing, while Binnock himself walked alongside. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
"That you'll find him at York," replied the waggoner. From Wordnik.com. [Rookwood] Reference
The first day we went out they elected me waggoner, and. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil] Reference
At a repetition of the call, the waggoner stopped his team. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
'Walcome to git in, when young woman gits out,' said the waggoner. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
A waggoner held the horses, another assisted Redworth to right the chariot. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
Again they gave voice, in hopes the waggoner might succeed in stopping the fugitive. From Wordnik.com. [Rookwood] Reference
In return for this speech, the waggoner favoured him with a stare, followed by the exclamation. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
'Why, couldn't you tall that?' said the waggoner, as Evan, tingling at the ears, remained silent. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
Another example is Old Fr. charton, or charreton, a waggoner, from the Norman form of which we have. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Names] Reference
Diana heard him counselling the waggoner as to the common sense of meeting small accidents with a cheerful soul. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
Jem the waggoner hailed me as he passed -- he was going to the mill -- would I ride with him and come back atop of the full sacks?. From Wordnik.com. [The Roadmender] Reference
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