half tiger
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"The enchantress," the director of the zoo explains excitedly, "is a magnificent accident of nature, half tiger and half leopard."
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet his rule has a circus quality�half high-wire act, half tiger riding.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet his rule has a circus quality--half high-wire act, half tiger riding.
From Time Magazine Archive
Half man and half tiger that he was, the Black Minorca, as self- appointed leader, reached Bryce first.
From The Valley of the Giants by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
Actually there she is, behind him; Chrysanthème almost on all fours, hidden between the paws of a great granite beast, half tiger, half dog, against which our fragile tent is leaning.
From Madame Chrysantheme by Loti, Pierre
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