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
By peering through a crack in the boarding I could look down on the wren in the nosebag inside.
From A-Birding on a Bronco by Florence A. Merriam
Perhaps the lights of the village, twinkling out one by one along the street, suggested stables and a nosebag.
From A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions by Bartimeus
So cabby had thoughts of clapping a nosebag to his horse's jaws, and was making up his mind to a bivouac.
From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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