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- noun Plural form of
piebald .
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Examples
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He wandered from stable to stable examining bays and roans, blue roans and piebalds, duns, sorrels, blacks, whites, grays and dapples, all mares or geldings.
Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005
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There were twenty-eight Indians and twenty-four cowboys, including two unarmed men whose only function was to sit atop a wooden stagecoach drawn by four piebalds.
Stillwater William F. Weld 2002
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There were twenty-eight Indians and twenty-four cowboys, including two unarmed men whose only function was to sit atop a wooden stagecoach drawn by four piebalds.
Stillwater William F. Weld 2002
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There were twenty-eight Indians and twenty-four cowboys, including two unarmed men whose only function was to sit atop a wooden stagecoach drawn by four piebalds.
Stillwater William F. Weld 2002
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As we emerged from the railway carriage, the first object that greeted my eyes was Sir Guy's great gaudy drag, with its three piebalds and a roan.
Kate Coventry An Autobiography G. J. Whyte-Melville
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"Take the piebalds," said he, "if you'd like to have a drive, and take some nice girl -- Miss Ethel or Bijou Brown -- for a two-forty shine."
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There seems a remarkable tendency in these horses to assume the Isabella colors, the light chestnuts, and even the piebalds or paint horses of the Indian prairies or the Mexican Savannah.
Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens
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The animals had all died or been disposed of except the horses -- a pair of broken-down yet intelligent piebalds -- Puck, and Bruno, the bear that
Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls Frances Browne Arthur
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The baby used to tie me on to his barrel, and Jack and I were drawn round and round the kitchen with as much satisfaction to our mistress, as in the days when I shone forth, in my gilt coach with its four prancing piebalds.
The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina Unknown
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So we rolled smoothly out, the piebalds shaking their harness and trotting merrily along, the roan placed on the off-side, for the purpose of sustaining whatever amount of punishment our charioteer thought fit to inflict.
Kate Coventry An Autobiography G. J. Whyte-Melville
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