nosebag
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Who wouldn't want good seats at Covent Garden or Wembley or Lord's, with a "nosebag" thrown in?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2012
“I could eat a stag, antlers and all. I say, they do a wonderful nosebag for us wounded heroes, y’know. Just watch this, m’lad.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Pea-blossom brings her nosebag down with a vicious thud every now and then, and causes much confusion among the fowls.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
The driver, alone in the van, was entirely unaware of his loss until, rising from the heap of stones, I shouted to him to stop, and, picking up the nosebag, ran after the van.
From Chatterbox, 1905. by Various
Elsewhere the close observer mentally notes a half-filled nosebag.
From A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition by Ross, P. T.
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