abristle
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of abristle
Example Sentences
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The Maine, a 7,000-ton armor-plated vessel, 324 feet long and abristle with cannon, was the second American battleship.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2012
They were rather a band of rebels in a century abristle with dissent.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Middle East has its own special catch-22: it is abristle with political code words that sound innocent but mean something else.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grey mustache abristle, Scholar Raugel hauled out his proofs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The former speaker bent forward abristle with defiance.
From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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