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Examples

  • Randolph had called Clay a 'Blackleg' in a speech.

    A Portrait of Old George Town Grace Dunlop Peter

  • "It wad be awfu 'to hear folk cryin' 'Blackleg' after yir faither, wadna 'it, Mysie?"

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • The black op's mutilating cows from the 1970's use astrology- injecting 'Blackleg, hoping to maybe create, a Mad Cow disease..

    Debunking Astrology: Mars Can't Influence You | Universe Today 2010

  • The pitmen from the mines of Newcastle in England had a particularly fierce song about them called "The Blackleg Miner".

    MUA Muse 1998

  • Blackleg affects mostly cattle and water buffaloes.

    Chapter 19 1994

  • Blackleg (Clostridium chauvoli) and mucosal disease have caused heavy losses in banteng in European zoos.

    6 Wild Banteng 1983

  • There’s Mrs. Mantrap, Lady Betty Blackleg, the countess of Sligo, Mrs. Langhorns, old Miss Biddy Buckskin, and your humble servant, keep up the spirit of the place.

    Act the Third 1909

  • But this feeling that came over him whenever he looked at Dade was strangely like that which he had for his horse, Blackleg.

    The Boss of the Lazy Y Charles Alden Seltzer 1908

  • At the risk of danger from the black's hoofs she urged Blackleg forward to a more advantageous position.

    The Boss of the Lazy Y Charles Alden Seltzer 1908

  • For an instant only Calumet halted Blackleg, and then he spurred him down the river trail.

    The Boss of the Lazy Y Charles Alden Seltzer 1908

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