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Examples
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Thus the carriage-horses were hers, for what need had he, a miserable bachelor, of anything more than a riding-horse and a brougham?
The Newcomes 2006
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I could not but admire the wisdom and faith of this great brute; I never saw the riding-horse that would not have lost its life in such a situation; but the cart-elephant patiently waited and was saved.
Vailima Letters 2005
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One of the soldiers had seated himself on the saddled riding-horse, another held its bridle in his hand, a third had laid hold of its tail.
Household Tales 2003
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Her own riding-horse; her own pony-carriage; her own beautiful little sitting-room upstairs at the great house, and so on.
Armadale 2003
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The doing of this extends over one, two, three, five, or even seven days; and when all is finished, he takes his own riding-horse, saddles, bridles, and waits on him himself,2 while he makes the noblest and most important minister of the kingdom mount him.
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And so had Isouda's riding-horse, the better of the two hitched outside the gatehouse for Meriet's use.
The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983
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And so had Isouda's riding-horse, the better of the two hitched outside the gatehouse for Meriet's use.
The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983
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With the easy good-humor characteristic of his class, he insisted upon exchanging his own riding-horse, "Five Spot," for the sorry mule which the Duchess rode.
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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With the easy good humor characteristic of his class, he insisted upon exchanging his own riding-horse, "Five-Spot," for the sorry mule which the Duchess rode.
The Short-story William Patterson Atkinson
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Bryde was on his road for a crack with McGilp and Angus, and the road was swept bare and dry and the night clear as a bell, when there came that fine sound, the clatter and klop of riding-horse.
The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars
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