oxes
- plural of ox.
Example Sentences
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With protectionist trade policies, there's a very strong likelihood that there may be more oxes gored than lambs saved.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2017
Partly it’s cultural inertia, but I suspect it also has something to do with the fact that the companies whose oxes are being gored own some of the nation’s tallest soapboxes.
From Forbes ● Jul. 11, 2011
She jumps on the cart and Wilf snaps the reins on his oxes.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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She plowed two oxes, an' if'en yo' has eber been around a steer yo' knows what aggravatin' things dey is.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various
Gentyllmen, have you not hearde of Aesopps dogge That once lay snarlinge in the oxes maunger?
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)