glandered
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of glandered
First recorded in 1660–70; glander(s) + -ed 3
Example Sentences
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He can cheat any man in England selling him a glandered horse.”
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Charles Godfrey Leland
He sets his kingdom up to the best bidder, like some scullion farrier selling a glandered horse.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Gosh darn it," Si exploded, "what glandered fool was it that couldn't tell 'backer-sick from smallpox?
From Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys by John McElroy
"Deil are," she replied; "naebody cares for me ony mair than I were an auld glandered spavin, ready for the knackers."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton
A horse slips and injures a joint; a horse stumbles and breaks his knees to the bone; a horse eats out of a manger in which a glandered horse has eaten.
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
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