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The Gaucho, when he is going to use the lazo, keeps a small coil in his bridle-hand, and in the other holds the running noose, which is made very large, generally having a diameter of about eight feet.
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The Gaucho, when he is going to use the lazo, keeps a small coil in his bridle-hand, and in the other holds the running noose, which is made very large, generally having a diameter of about eight feet.
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As good as the boy who rode beside her, with a hand stretched out to her bridle-hand, lightly touching.
The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983
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As good as the boy who rode beside her, with a hand stretched out to her bridle-hand, lightly touching.
The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983
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'I even thought he lifted his bridle-hand a thought to me,' owned Torold, grinning at his own credulity.
One Corpse Too Many Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1979
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Torold thought he saw the dark face melt into a secret smile; he even thought the raised bridle-hand made a small movement that could have been a salute.
One Corpse Too Many Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1979
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If I had raised my bridle-hand, as I have held it low,
Lucifer's Hammer Niven, Larry 1977
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If I had raised my bridle-hand, as I have held it low,
Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various
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Now it chanced by pure accident, for I had no other thought than to follow my patron closely, that the charge brought me close to the bridle-hand of the prince.
For The Admiral W.J. Marx
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He had not a little of that "justness of insight, toughness of character, and general strength of bridle-hand," which Mr. Carlyle attributes to
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Various
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