horsehead
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Just for that mother’s information, I am 75 and just got my first tattoo of a horsehead on my leg.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2017
The concert will feature traditional Mongolian folk music with throat singing, horsehead fiddle, harp, piano and guitar.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2015
The gray seals, also called horsehead seals, can grow to more than 10 feet long and inhabit both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2014
The boys just shouted "horsehead" when I passed.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2011
A column of riders came wheeling up behind them, led by a lordling with a horsehead on his shield.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Four horseheads proclaimed the four Ryswells of the Rills— one grey, one black, one gold, one brown.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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