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mules

British  
/ mjuːlz /

verb

  1. (tr) to perform the Mules operation on (a sheep)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Many of them have been stretched into new silhouettes of the Samba, for example, into both ballerinas, into mules, into Mary Janes.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Scholl slider mules are the original orthopaedic shoe, Baidoo says - and admits she once had a pair in pink suede.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

And now, your pierced mules are fueling the contemporary rise in “freaky footwear.”

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

The government in Havana has very little access to remittances, because they usually arrive via private travelers known as money "mules," he told AFP.

From Barron's Feb. 22, 2026

They were given a team of mules, a milk cow, chickens, pigs, and all kinds of farm machinery; even a little money.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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