Politics are not my concern, but, for the moment, since it seemed that they were going to 'huckle' with the rest, I took an interest in them. From Wordnik.com. [A Diversity of Creatures] Reference
Of the cloven footed many are provided with a huckle-bone. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
As to the polydactylous quadrupeds, none of them have huckle-bones. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
Were there a hundred troops topside waiting to huckle the lot of them?. From Wordnik.com. [A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away]
It ate the old warpaths, spilled the huckle-berries, ran in the ditches. From Wordnik.com. [Another Roadside Attraction]
Thus it is that most of the animals that have huckle-bones are cloven-hoofed. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
We shall very soon have no coffee nor sugar nor pepper here -- but huckle berrys. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 5 July 1775] Reference
Galen says further: "It is good for passions of the huckle-bones, called sciatica.". From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
It has a huckle-bone like that of kine, but meagre and small in proportion to its bulk. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
Only recently I have gotten back into the huckle and buckle lifestyle with an IH MKIII. From Wordnik.com. [The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Sounds, Sasquatch, Stupidity, and Specters] Reference
He tried to divert himself at huckle-bones, and lost the gold plates of his necklace one by one. From Wordnik.com. [Salammbo] Reference
The games of the Romans range from the innocent tossing of huckle-bones to the frightful scenes of the gladiatorial show. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
Of the many-fingered or many-toed, no single one has been observed to have a huckle-bone, none of the others any more than man. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
In their quieter moods they played with huckle-bones taken from sheep, goats, or antelopes, or imitated in stone, metal, ivory, or glass. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
And, at his funeral in the tiny little town of Call, Texas, we had the best mixed berry (huckle, blue,???) cobbler anyone had ever tasted. From Wordnik.com. [funeral food | Homesick Texan] Reference
For if they had they would not be polydactylous, but the divisions of the foot would only extend to that amount of its breadth which was covered by the huckle-bone. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
For the very fact that they have horns and huckle-bones shows that their composition is rich in this earthy element; for all such appurtenances are solid and earthy in character. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
For bursting of her huckle bone, or breakyng of her Chaire. From Wordnik.com. [Gammer Gurton's Needle] Reference
It did not even interest Ollyett that the verb 'to huckle' had passed into the. From Wordnik.com. [A Diversity of Creatures] Reference
As much as she could she lived on tea-berries, black-berries, huckle-berries, &c. &c., sparing her bread to the utmost. From Wordnik.com. [Horrors of the Virginian Slave Trade and of the Slave-Rearing Plantations. The True Story of Dinah, an Escaped Virginian Slave, Now in London, on Whose Body Are Eleven Scars Left by Tortures Which Were Inflicted by Her Master, Her Own Father. Together with Extracts from the Laws of Virginia, Showing That Against These Barbarities the Law Gives Not the Smallest Protection to the Slave, But the Reverse] Reference
Of the soldiers some were cleaning their arms; some were stretched out in the bow asleep; others were playing at huckle-bones. From Wordnik.com. [The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death] Reference
What they use for that is a huckle berry, which has a faint resemblance to our black or blue berry, but not equal to the crane berry. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the Years 1774 to 1776] Reference
"After huckle-berry -- I do not know what is that -- yes, I will go wiz you, and I will go find Wint'rop and bring him home to go too.". From Wordnik.com. [Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
In July, the pigeons feed a great deal on wild berries, such as raspberries, huckle-berries, blue-berries, and a variety of other kinds. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I)] Reference
"After huckle-berry – I do not know what is that – yes, I will go wiz you, and I will go find Wint'rop and bring him home to go too.". From Wordnik.com. [The Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
So I was very glad, and he lifted me up into the cart; and I choosed the very best and biggest tin mug he had, and emptied my huckle-berries into it. From Wordnik.com. [My First Cruise and Other stories] Reference
Elizabeth changed her mind and agreed to go with the huckle - berry party; but she carried a book with her and sat in a corner with it, seldom giving her eyes to anything beside. From Wordnik.com. [Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
` uvula, 'huckle for the ` hip,' and stroop for the ` windpipe. '. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XX No 1] Reference
A huckle-bone have it in the hinder legs. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
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