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  • noun Plural form of numnah.

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Examples

  • But I have almost fallen in love with horses now, this late in my life, and if Philomena turns up on our doorstep she can go in the back field and Bookhound I personally will get up at 6am every morning to groom her (is that what you do to horses at 6am?) and we'll drape numnahs over the Aga and build a tack room somewhere.

    Such stuff as dreams are made on... 2008

  • But I have almost fallen in love with horses now, this late in my life, and if Philomena turns up on our doorstep she can go in the back field and Bookhound I personally will get up at 6am every morning to groom her (is that what you do to horses at 6am?) and we'll drape numnahs over the Aga and build a tack room somewhere.

    Such stuff as dreams are made on... 2008

  • The morning duty on the day following Christmas is invariably "watering order with numnahs," the numnah being a felt saddle-cloth without stirrups.

    Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes 1869

  • Loc: Wilts woohoo well done! not sure you will get the rest of it back tho ... im 10 years on and he has won me a photoalbum, 2 numnahs, a feed voucher and just under £100 i think ...

    unknown title 2009

  • Loc: Wilts im 10 years on and he has won me a photoalbum, 2 numnahs, a feed voucher and just under £100 i think ...

    unknown title 2009

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