ring-streaked
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-streaked, speckled and spotted.
From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus
In the border at my feet someone had attempted a clearance of the weeds; and here lay his hoe, matted with bindweed and ring-streaked with the silvery tracks of snails.
From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Lift up now thine eyes and see that the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban does unto thee.
From Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense by Knoop, Anna
I dare say Laban thought none the worse of Jacob for his plan of making the ewes bring forth ring-streaked lambs.
From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson
Beards of awful size, moustaches of every shade and length under a foot, phizzes of all colors and contortions, four-story hats with sky-scraping feathers, costumes ring-streaked, speckled, monstrous, and incredible, made up the motley crew.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
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