hog-tie

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"Rope 'em an 'hog-tie' em!"

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  1. To tie as a hog is tied, all four feet together. Mr. Masterson wore a narrow crimson sash wound twice about his waist, … and when [he] donned it, … he explained the same as something wherewith he might hogtie steers when in the course of duty he must rope and throw them. Doubtless the sash, being of a soft, reluctant texture and calculated to tie very tight into knots that would not slip, was of the precise best material with which to hogtie steers. A. H. Lewis, Sunset Trail, p. 3.

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  • Mississauga has been manoeuvring to hog-tie this wedge of Milton tucked between 9th line and Hwy. 407 to provide services for the Churchill Meadows population, in particular, and the industrial tax base, in general. —  Mississauga News
  • They need to attack McCain's attack on them as unworthy, unpatriotic and disgusting, and they need to hog-tie McCain to the Rove disciples who are in fact running his campaign. —  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy
  • The three suspects broke into the home and used zip ties to hog-tie the resident before using a large blanket to cover him. —  thespectrum.com - Local News
  • I know what you've been thinking this holiday season: How would miniature cowboys hog-tie a grown man? —  Playback:stl Syndication
  • Their replacements have not been selected and the question is: Should the new administrators be allowed the luxury of making their own decisions about important matters and challenges when they take office, or should Hemenway and Lariviere make commitments that hog-tie the incoming chancellor and provost? —  LJWorld.com stories: News
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