Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having only one fourth pure blood, as horses, cattle, etc.

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Examples

  • The Indian slave girls who lived in their houses bore the children of their sons, and some of these half-bred and quarter-bred children were eventually accepted by the _gente de razon_, as the aristocrats called themselves.

    The Blood of the Conquerors Harvey Fergusson

  • "It would have done him a world of good, and perhaps saved many troubles, for, to tell the truth, I don't trust that quarter-bred Hebrew."

    Queen Sheba's Ring Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Dodson and a quarter-bred Creek Indian called John Big Dog climbed on the engine and showed the engineer three round orifices in pieces of ordnance that they carried.

    Whirligigs O. Henry 1886

  • It's bad enough to sit in the House and listen to this fellow frothing, without having to bring a quarter-bred savage into one's own family.

    Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 Louis Becke 1884

  • 'You go back to the Springs and feed them pigs, Johnny,' says father, walking towards the young chap. 'That's about what YOU'RE bred for; nobody'll take you for a swell, quarter-bred, or anything else.

    Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870

  • Johnny,’ says father, walking towards the young chap. ‘That’s about what YOU’RE bred for; nobody’ll take you for a swell, quarter-bred, or anything else.

    Robbery Under Arms 2004

  • a fair sprinkling of older mountaineers, and quite a contingent of half and quarter-bred Indians.

    The Rules of the Game Stewart Edward White 1909

  • "Sir," he said to Orme, "we are three white men here consorting with a mob of quarter-bred African Jews and one real lady.

    Queen Sheba's Ring Henry Rider Haggard 1890

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