nosebag
Britishnoun
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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
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
They passed a horse that had lost his nosebag before he had eaten all his oats and who was regarding it hungrily as it lay on the ground at his feet.
From Sunny Boy in the Big City by Charles L. (Charles Lewis) Wrenn
One doctor says meat victuals is the only fit eatin' for human bein's an' the next one wants you should put on a nosebag an' eat horse feed.
From The Mission of Janice Day by Corinne Turner
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