skewbald
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of skewbald
Example Sentences
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Among the rarer birds which are now on the market to compensate us may be mentioned the bobolink, the dwarf cassowary, the Bombay duckling and the skewbald fintail.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
The skewbald Cappadocian mistook that for a signal to exert himself and for a minute there were ructions while his master reined him in.
From Caesar Dies by Talbot Mundy
Tallantire drove his spurs into a rampant skewbald stallion with china- blue eyes, and settled himself for the forty-mile ride to Fort Ziar.
From Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling
That done, he addressed himself to the skewbald again.
From Dead Souls by D. J. Hogarth
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 Eleanor Farjeon
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