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- verb transitive To
remove skin from (an animal) toprevent myiasis . - noun Plural form of
mule .
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Examples
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He had the wit to pimp for asses and mares, animals of different species, that they might copulate for the generation of a third, which we call mules, more strong and fit for hard service than the other two.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He had the wit to pimp for asses and mares, animals of different species, that they might copulate for the generation of a third, which we call mules, more strong and fit for hard service than the other two.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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He had the wit to pimp for asses and mares, animals of different species, that they might copulate for the generation of a third, which we call mules, more strong and fit for hard service than the other two.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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What a Bunch of Apes! « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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A very interesting excursion, however, and one which can be accomplished all the way on mules, is to the Ponte dello Schios on Monte Vederne, a small wooded mountain bordering the west bank of the Cismone, about three miles below Primiero.
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I borrowed some mules from the Land Transport Corps – mine were knocked up by yesterday's work – and loading them with good things, started off with my partner and some other friends early on that memorable Sunday morning for Cathcart's Hill.
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The creature on being mounted instantly set off at that rapid walk which I have so often admired in Spanish mules, and which no horse can emulate.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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Chinese authorities arrest iPad-smuggling 'mules' - Computerworld
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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Criminals using bank Trojan horses typically grab the money and transfer it from a victim's account to various "mules" -- people who take a cut for themselves and transfer the rest of the money overseas, often in the form of goods shipped to foreign addresses.
Computerworld News 2009
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Criminals using bank Trojan horses typically grab the money and transfer it from a victim's account to various "mules" -- people who take a cut for themselves and transfer the rest of the money overseas, often in the form of goods shipped to foreign addresses.
Computerworld News 2009
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