shoat

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Below, in the barn cellar, sheep were bleating, and a shoat was adding its raucous voice to the uproar.

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  • Carrying the shoat, the bronze man started back toward the steps Somewhere in the passage, there must be a hidden aperture, he thought. —  016 - The King Maker
  • The shoat, Habeas Corpus, was Monk's pet Ham twirled his sword cane and scowled at Habeas Corpus. —  015 - The Mystery On The Snow
  • The shoat, no larger than a small dog, presented such a grotesque picture that pedestrians halted and rubbered Ham leveled his sword cane. —  019 - Fear Cay
  • Habeas Corpus was Monk's pet pig, a big-eared, long-legged shoat which was fully as ridiculous a looking member of the pork family as Monk was of the human race Doc went through the file containing the data on America's most wealthy men. —  019 - Fear Cay
  • The policeman kicked at the shoat, but he must have been half-unconscious from the effects of Monk's blow, because he lost his balance and fell heavily. —  022 - The Annihilist
 

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  1. Middle English shote, perhaps of Middle Low German origin.
 

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