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- noun Plural form of
bridle . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bridle .
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Examples
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Likewise, he bought a string of horse-hair bridles from a convict in a Western penitentiary, who spread the good news until it seemed to Daylight that half the convicts in that institution were making bridles for him.
Chapter V 2010
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Likewise, he bought a string of horse-hair bridles from a convict in a Western penitentiary, who spread the good news until it seemed to Daylight that half the convicts in that institution were making bridles for him.
Chapter V 1910
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The area innervated by the depressor nerves and the carotid sinus is therefore part of a common system, sometimes called the bridles of the blood pressure.
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In his maturity he became very rich, and his homes were dreams of beauty, filled with rare possessions such as bridles of black leather once owned by Murat, rare silver designed by the artist himself, great pictures, and flowers of the rarest description besides valuable dogs and horses.
Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Mary Schell Hoke Bacon 1902
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Thuds, we'll jine the three thegither, an ef thet ain't long enough, a kupple o 'bridles' ll help out.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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Elite cliqueBut Jones bridles at the suggestion that Bilmes has taken an elite clique of GQ writers with him, among them AA Gill.
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Part of it, notably in Scotland, is the nationalist political mood which bridles at anything unionist, especially on football, over which, perhaps ironically, the Scottish government is currently trying to calm sectarian tribal passions.
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“Without saddles or bridles, and all the jockeys are kids.”
The Snow Whale John Minichillo 2011
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Mr. Manchin bridles at the idea he would ever soft-pedal criticism out of party loyalty.
Wayward Senate Democrats Keep Distance From Obama Janet Hook 2011
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But when I tell him to assume the portage position, he bridles.
Paul Greenberg: The Holidays Are Over, And Now to Everest (By Cross Trainer)! Paul Greenberg 2011
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