Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ride in a sleigh.
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Examples
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And she and her sisters acted out an imaginary sleigh-ride game with a fat, short guy named Sam Weinreb, who pretended to be a horse.
Tessie and Pearlie JOY HOROWITZ 1996
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The dreamy sleigh-ride came to an end as the mangled piece of roast beef, floating in gravy, stewed away in the dog's stomach.
The Heart Of A Dog Bulgakov, Mikhail, 1891-1940 1968
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Holding on to one of their tails he had a Nantucket sleigh-ride across the river and when he reached the north bank there was a joyous welcome awaiting him.
When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964
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Just going to this sleigh-ride wasn't going to prove that she was backsliding, anyway!
The Governess Julie Mathilde Lippmann
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We, too, must join the revellers, and have a sleigh-ride.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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To help remember that the order of the bells is silver, gold, brass and iron, the old Mnemonics advises us to invent a story -- the following will answer: A couple of lovers once took a sleigh-ride, the horses carrying _silver_ bells.
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Another girl looks out of that very same window at the same time, and she doesn't think of the beautiful snow merely as snow; she thinks of coasting or going for a sleigh-ride or something like that.
Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls Julia Augusta Schwartz
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If she did not go on the sleigh-ride she would only be obeying Miss
The Governess Julie Mathilde Lippmann
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On a certain occasion he was taking a sleigh-ride with his family, and in one of the adjacent towns met a gentleman with his turn-out in a narrow and drifted part of the road, where some difficulty occurred in passing each other.
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There is generally snow on the ground at this time; if Nature is amiable, there is sure to be; and a Christmas sleigh-ride is one of those American delights that defy rivalry.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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