silvertip
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of silvertip
Example Sentences
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An' whenever an' old silvertip comes mozyin' across from the Mazatzals he kills stock.
From To the Last Man by Grey, Zane
When all was told and talked over Haught said: "Wal, you can just bet we put up two brown bears an' one black bear, an' thet old Jasper of a silvertip."
From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane
"Cougar means mountain-lion or panther, an' a silvertip is a grizzly bear."
From The Man of the Forest by Grey, Zane
The biggest silvertip grizzly I ever knew in Montana weighed nine hundred pounds.
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Hough, Emerson
He plied her with questions about the sheep, and wanted to know if there would be more wolves, and if she thought the "silvertip" would come.
From Heritage of the Desert by Grey, Zane
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