Example Sentences

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He come down on his head on a chunk of mesquit wood, and he didn't show any designs toward getting up again.

From Sixes and Sevens by Henry, O.

Yesterday it had slept unborn in a nook of the sand-hills, the abiding-place of cat's-claw, mesquit, and flickering lizards.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various

Chaparral, mesquit, and pear were distributed in just proportions.

From Roads of Destiny by Henry, O.

"Hurrah!" shouted Cal, for the hitherto unseen horseman, who now came out from behind a clump of mesquit trees, wore the yellow-trimmed uniform of the United States cavalry.

From The Red Mustang by Stoddard, William O.

One swift, searching look the girl gave him, then “Wait!” she ordered, and was off into the mesquit on the run.

From Brand Blotters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)