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Alabama delegates called him "a dodger, double tongued," and derided him as a "bob-tailed pony from Illinois."

Before he became the national icon, Lincoln was a shrewd candidate Sally Jenkins 2010

Alabama delegates called him "a dodger, double tongued," and derided him as a "bob-tailed pony from Illinois."

Before he became the national icon, Lincoln was a shrewd candidate Sally Jenkins 2010

It was there that one mild spring evening I buried my best friend, an old bob-tailed, crook-pawed dog, Trix.

The Diary of a Superfluous Man and other stories 2006

The German noted the page, got up, put the book in his pocket, and with some difficulty mounted his bob-tailed, broken-winded mare, who neighed and kicked at the slightest touch; Arhip shook himself, gave a tug at both reins at once, swung his legs, and at last succeeded in starting his torpid and dejected nag.

A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

On the far side of all this was the riding ring, where young equestrians and equestriennes cantered their bob-tailed hacks before judges who looked, it seemed to a giggling Meggie, rather like horses themselves.

The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

They were compactly built, of an even tan color, short haired, bob-tailed, and all about the same size, being brothers in one litter.

Baldy of Nome Esther Birdsall Darling

If the colonel's lady owned a bob-tailed nag, the major's wife could be satisfied with nothing less than a bay.

The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 United States. Dept. of Defense

I was so afraid Captain D. might not consider it worth while and could have almost wept, but fortunately he agreed half an hour was better than nothing, and off we went up the sands, leaving the bob-tailed Wuzzy well in the rear.

Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington

Dem bonnets looked good enough in front but mighty bob-tailed in de back.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

At his breaking silence by hooting "Silence!" the audience had another mighty bob-tailed laugh.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various