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That’s what father always says to visitors who bring bobtails and chokers.

From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by Fenn, George Manville

“If you cannot see the difference between that frumpish gown of yours, with its little bobtails and fringes, and those pretty dresses before us, I must say you are as blind as a bat, Mattie.”

From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

I’ve little time to lose: I’m getting old— Stiff-jointed in my wits, that once were nimble As a ferret among the bobtails, old and dull.

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

Sometimes he calls the Academicians, "Sons of Canvas;" sometimes "Tagrags and bobtails of the sacred brush."

From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

The wonderful Wizard had asked to join the party, and with him came his friend the Shaggy Man, who was shaggy but not ragged, being dressed in fine silks with satin shags and bobtails.

From The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)