straddle-bug

If he even see a straddle-bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long it would take him to get to -- to wherever he was going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle-bug to

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

If he even seen a straddle-bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long it would take him to get wherever he was going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle-bug to Mexico but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road.

Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various

Some say it was a rattlesnake, some a straddle-bug.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various

If he even see a straddle-bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long it would take him to get to -- to wherever he was going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle-bug to Mexico but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road.

The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 1932

If he even see a straddle-bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long it would take him to get to -- to wherever he was going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle-bug to Mexico but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road.

Sketches New And Old Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1922

It'd make a straddle-bug spit at the sun, to hear you.

The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

Some distance off in this latter direction the vista between the buildings was cut across by the straddle-bug structure of one of the Elevated roads.

The Life of the Party James M. Preston 1910

If he even seen a straddle-bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long it would take to get wherever he was going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle-bug to Mexico, but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road.

The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900

If he even see a straddle-bug start to go anywhere, he would bet how long it would take him to get to -- to wherever he was going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle-bug to Mexico but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road.

Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I Various 1900

And so at last they came to the land of "the straddle-bug" -- the squatters 'watch dog -- three boards nailed together (like a stack of army muskets) to mark a claim.

The Moccasin Ranch A Story of Dakota Hamlin Garland 1900