sulky

• Be this as it may, it is a fact that when Ailie was awakened on the following morning about daybreak, and told to get up, she felt sulky--positively and unmistakably sulky We do not say that she looked sulky or acted sulkily--far from it; but she felt sulky, and that was a very uncomfortable state of things. —  The Red Eric
• There were many, misled by her petulant lips and watchful eyes, to call her sulky: these did not judge her silence favourably. —  The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
• My master rode in a sulky, and I, as his body servant, on horseback: When we crossed over the Roanoke, and were entering upon North Carolina, I remember with what sorrowful countenances and language the poor slaves looked back for the last time upon the land of their nativity. —  The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4
• The women were sulky, and the men commenced cursing and swearing, and said they thought they were entitled to all the rights of matrimony My strong defense was that I had not charged any of them anything, and had given them a marriage certificate with a seal on it, made out of a Mexican dollar; and had given a treat and fired off the anvil. —  Building a State in Apache Land
• You may be wondering what these ploughs are: a sulky is a single-furrowed sixteen inch plough, to which are harnessed three horses, a man riding on a small seat and driving them instead of walking; and a "gang" is a two-furrowed twelve- inch plough, and drawn by four to six horses, and which will break over four acres a day; the sulky about three. —  A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba

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