nylghau
Americannoun
plural
nylghaus,plural
nylghaunoun
Example Sentences
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The zebra chews, the nylghau has n't stirred; But something 's happened, Heaven knows what or where, To freeze your scalp and pompadour your hair.
From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by Moody, William Vaughn
But—" "'But,' said the nylghau, and the wolf-pack had him!
From Rung Ho! by Mundy, Talbot
“No; the big, solid-hoofed antelope that eats like nylghau or quagga.”
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville
The zebra chews, the nylghau hasn't stirred; But something's happened, Heaven knows what or where, To freeze your scalp and pompadour your hair.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
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