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  • We'd be off to the war, if ever the damned thing got started - but when I thought about it, it stood to reason they wouldn't risk Little Willy's precious royal skin very far, and his bear-leader should be safe enough, too.

    The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

  • He'd evidently been appointed my bear-leader because although he wasn't a true Mimbreno, he was related to Mangas, and trusted by the chief; he was as much jailer as mentor, which was one reason it took me such a deuce of a time to get out of Apacheria.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • β€œHe has taken on a bear-leader,” continued Blondet,

    A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

  • His Scotch bear-leader, Mr. Boswell, was a butt of the first quality.

    The Memoires of Barry Lyndon 2006

  • Boswell would have supposed his office of bear-leader to the ursa major a thing to be envied.

    The Life of Oliver Goldsmith 2004

  • He'd evidently been appointed my bear-leader because although he wasn't a true Mimbreno, he was related to Mangas, and trusted by the chief; he was as much jailer as mentor, which was one reason it took me such a deuce of a time to get out of Apacheria.

    Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

  • He'd evidently been appointed my bear-leader because although he wasn't a true Mimbreno, he was related to Mangas, and trusted by the chief; he was as much jailer as mentor, which was one reason it took me such a deuce of a time to get out of Apacheria.

    Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

  • I do not mean to recount all the little troubles and annoyances which thronged upon Tom at the beginning of this half-year, in his new character of bear-leader to a gentle little boy straight from home.

    Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971

  • He acted as bear-leader and buffoon, villain and hero, alternately in public; while in private he was cook, drudge, messman, and menagerie manager for the rest of the party, for animals of some sort invariably formed part of the attractions of the troupe.

    Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls Frances Browne Arthur

  • This being his first visit to Paris, I found myself selected to act as his guide or bear-leader, and to introduce him to our gay world.

    French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard

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