bull stretcher

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noun Masonry.

Also called bullnose stretcher. a brick having one of the edges along its length rounded for laying as a stretcher in a sill or the like.

a brick laid on edge as a stretcher.

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How to use bull stretcher in a sentence

And the next time his friend saw Moses, it was online; his bloody body was slapped on a stretcher.
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He also said police intend to put their beloved family pet, a Staffordshire bull terrier named Excalibur, to sleep.
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Biden made many visits to Baghdad and no doubt get fed a load of bull about inclusion on each one.
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Like at Bull Run, when I am in the presence of those old family letters, I am transported.
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The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
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I thought this young man was going to read us some of his poetry; it's too tiresome of him to stop to tell us about his bull-dog.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
And I, for one, absolutely decline to believe in this preposterous story of his about a bull-dog.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
Tom leaped on one side; the buffalo-bull turned short round and made another dash at him.
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Some who would face a mad bull coolly enough spring with disgust from a cockroach or a centipede.
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