[H]e […] made a present to Andrew of a broken-winded and spavined poney, in order to enable him to pursue his journey.
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Spavined
//ˈspævɪnd//
Synonyms for "spavined" (14 found)
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4 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- pattijalkainen adj (of a horse: having spavin)
- pattipolvinen adj (of a horse: having spavin)
Scots
1 entries- spavied adj (of a horse: having spavin)
Swedish
1 entries- spattig adj (of a horse: having spavin)
Sample sentences
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A horse-giver, no more than a horse-seller, has a right to palm his spavined article upon us for good ware. An equivalent is expected in either case; and, with my own good will, I would no more be cheated out of my thanks, than out of my money.
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[…] Mr. Thumble, […] had ridden over to Hogglestock on a poor spavined brute belonging to the bishop's stable, and which had once been the bishop's cob.
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As for the wonderful feats of horsemanship one hears of or sees among the Arabs, they are due to sharp spurs like razors, and to bits strong enough to break an animal's jaw. […] The favourite feat at their fantasias or fêtes of suddenly pulling up their horses short while at a hand-gallop, ruins their legs, and there is in consequence scarcely a horse to be seen whose hind-legs are not spavined.
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