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The trapper shouted and waved his cap; whereupon, to his amazement, the bear uttered a loud "wough" and charged straight down on him -- only to fall a victim to misplaced boldness.

Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches Theodore Roosevelt 1888

The old dog reached it, and stood straining upon the spring, when Lincoln fired, and the hound, with a short "wough", dropped in upon his head, and was carried off like a flash.

The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850

Anyway it's wough going but I know it'll be worth it in the end.

j-gan Diary Entry j-gan 2003

As it scrambled swiftly over the edge it caught sight of the elephant and with a deep "wough!" charged straight at it.

The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly

` It says "Bough-wough!" cried a Daisy: ` that's why its branches are called boughs! '

Through the Looking Glass 1899

"I call that vewy wough," said Braintree, looking and feeling a little uncomfortable.

Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872

"Hope it's not wough outside," said Braintree, as the boat, now nearly out of the creek, began to dance a little at the prospect of meeting the open sea.

Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872

And that was seene verament, for he wrought them both wo and wough.

A Bundle of Ballads Henry Morley 1858

He had a great objection to the letter _r_, which he considered "wough and wasping."

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

I exclaimed, in a rage, — as if it were the most natural thing in the world for me to be in one; and as I spoke, I raised my piece; when “Bow — wow — wough!” went my old dog Bull, who had not bitten

Sheppard Lee 1836