Example Sentences
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Father sends me out to mend gaps that were mended, or cut turf that was cut, or fodder horses that were foddered.
From The Turn of the Road A Play in Two Scenes and an Epilogue by Mayne, Rutherford
There, when he had foddered the deep-voiced kine, he herded them huddled together into the byre, munching lotus and dewy marsh marigold; next brought he much wood, and set himself to the craft of fire-kindling.
From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew
"I wonder if I foddered the steers," he went on.
From The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
Before offering to sleep, Dell collected all the articles that were to make up the pack, foddered the horses, set the alarm forward an hour, and sought his blankets for a short rest.
From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Adams, Andy
The young ones are well foddered, especially while they are still calves.
From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by Williams, George Washington
