headless mule

[ hed-lis myool ]

/ ˈhɛd lɪs ˈmyul /

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noun

a ghostly creature of Brazilian legend that is said to have been a woman who fornicated with a priest and is now condemned to gallop about as a headless mule with fire spewing from its neck: The headless mule rampages through the town on moonless nights.

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Origin of headless mule

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby headless mule

head in the clouds, have one's, head in the sand, headlamp, headland, headless, headless mule, head lettuce, headlight, headline, headliner, headline rate

How to use headless mule in a sentence

He weighed only 185 pounds, but he had killer instincts and rabbit quickness and the stamina of a mule.
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IS celebrated the assaults by posting online photos of headless bodies that the group claimed were soldiers killed in the attacks.
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A few days after this fateful visit, each visionary reported seeing images of rivers of blood and headless corpses.
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He took the left one and, with a pile driver of a mule kick, almost ripped it off its hinges.
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At this moment the tinkling of a mule's bells, mingled with the song of the muleteer, came on the air.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
He left the arabyieh at the western entrance and went on foot down the avenue of headless rams.
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Massed on the plateau above the mule-path, the whole population of the village stood to watch them down the steep descent.
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On crossing it for the first time, I perceived lying about me half putrid cats and dogs—and even a mule in the same state.
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He drives a white mule, and has managed to put a top of sail cloth on an old ramshackle buggy, which he calls a 'shay.'
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