bobtail
Also bobtailed . having a bobtail.
cut short; docked; cropped.
shorter or briefer than usual; abbreviated: Several legislative items must be dropped from the current bobtail session of Congress.
to cut short the tail of; dock, often by cutting a muscle in a horse's tail to make it stand erect.
Origin of bobtail
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How to use bobtail in a sentence
Looking at animals like the bobtail squid, which have immune systems not totally unlike humans, is the first step.
Dozens of baby squid are orbiting our planet right now | Monroe Hammond | June 23, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe news only reached his lordship yesterday at noon, while at breakfast with his Excellency Lord bobtail, our ambassador.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush | William Makepeace ThackerayAnd he laughed as he doffed his bobtail coat, And the echoing folds of the carpet smote.
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousHe received a reply at Providence, and he read it and felt like a gambler who has drawn a card to fill his bobtail hand.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayThere are about twenty American organizations here—big, little, rag-tag, and bobtail.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II | Burton J. Hendrick
Harry'd never go to any of those other big strikes—the bobtail, or the one in Russell Gulch, or a lot more.
The Pike's Peak Rush | Edwin L. Sabin
British Dictionary definitions for bobtail
/ (ˈbɒbˌteɪl) /
a docked or diminutive tail
an animal with such a tail
having the tail cut short
to dock the tail of
to cut short; curtail
Origin of bobtail
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