skewbald
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of skewbald
Example Sentences
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Piebald, skewbald or spavined, Britain's first national campaign in 3� years loped toward this week's Election Day with small enthusiasm.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the doctor had proved invincible, as had the Yellow-Knife scout on his skewbald pony, which, for all its meanness of shape and size, had stood up to it all.
From The Heart of Unaga by Cullum, Ridgwell
In fact, so pleased did the skewbald seem with his new friends that he refused to stir from the melee into which an unforeseen chance had plunged him.
From Dead Souls by Hogarth, D. J.
They passed a skewbald sign-post crowded with unfamiliar goblin names, and a dry tree from which once depended, Trewhella assured them, the bodies of three notorious smugglers.
From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton
He had a blue wagon, had George, with scarlet wheels and a green awning; and his horse was a red-and-white skewbald and jingled bells on its bridle.
From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Farjeon, Eleanor
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