roebuck
noun
a male roe deer.
roebucks
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pluralof roebuck.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It is well stocked with pheasants, roebucks, stags, and, it is said, there are also tigers and leopards in it.
From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various
The emperor lives thus till about Easter, hunting cranes, swans, hares, stags, roebucks, &c., and then returns to his capital, Cambaluc.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Dora Leigh
I saw with surprise also the roebucks running after one another, upon these same trees, leaping on the hanging rocks with incredible velocity, when they perceived any one following them.
The islands are covered with fine trees, but we could could not see any more roebucks, buffaloes, bustards, and swans.
From Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
Like homing swallows they swept around me; The young Braves came stamping, Like roebucks before the does of Spring, Then all of us changed the dance To the love measures of the Canawacs.
From The Fire Bird by Gene Stratton-Porter
