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The mother's cries and theirs would have rung in my ears LAWYER LINCOLN, IN A NEW SUIT OF CLOTHES, RESCUING A PIG STUCK IN THE MUD Lawyer Lincoln rode from one county-seat to another, on the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, either on the back of a raw-boned horse, or in a rickety buggy drawn by the same old "crowbait," as his legal friends called the animal.— The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln
Old crowbait is scored up and given the word.— The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside
He had put away all the appearance of youth, and was a crafty and sly man It was apparent that the whole outfit was in the racing business, and as the crowd looked at the discrepancy between the two horses, and observed that on the best-looking horse was a professional jockey, while on the crowbait was only a girl, something like a groan went up But some of them were game, and cheered Stella to the echo You're all right!"— Ted Strong's Motor Car
"Right there is where my lode of information turns to an old spavined crowbait [87], and folds its wings, for I've pumped it dry FOOTNOTE 87: spavined crowbait--a lame, emaciated horse (from spavin, an inflammation of the tarsal or ankle joint of a horse, causing lameness, and an appearance that causes carrion birds to think a meal is in the offing A very sad--" began Judge Menefee, but his remark was curtailed by a higher authority What a charming story!"— Heart of the West [Annotated]
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