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Said nutsack still sets the gold standard for pack-animal genitalia-related verbiage, though this comes close.
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For a few years fabulous sums of the precious metal had been extracted from the ground by the hordes of treasure-seekers who had come from all over the world by boat, pack-animal or "prairie schooner," around
The United States Since the Civil War Charles Ramsdell Lingley
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The army had now passed beyond the scope of a camel, or other pack-animal, system of supply, except for very short distances, and it was obvious that they could only advance in future along either the railway or a navigable reach of the river, and preferably along both.
The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Winston S. Churchill 1919
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Sunday-school parties, where he had been a most useful pack-animal, and, dressing her in her best with his big calloused hands, watched her from the window join a group of the other children.
Hillsboro People Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918
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He owned his own horse and blankets, sometimes also a pack-animal.
The Fighting Edge William MacLeod Raine 1912
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You see the bobbing ears of a pack-animal and the dusty hat and stoop shoulders of a man.
The Desert Valley Jackson Gregory 1912
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"Get on that horse," she commanded, pointing to the pack-animal.
The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Hulbert Footner 1911
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They should contain small quantities for immediate use of the provisions the main stock of which is carried on another pack-animal.
The Mountains Stewart Edward White 1909
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But being a true son of the open, he wanted to see the country; so he decided to travel horseback, with a pack-animal.
Partners of Chance Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909
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When all was in readiness for a start he gave the mustang he had ridden to Shefford, and walked, leading the pack-animal.
The Rainbow Trail Zane Grey 1905
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