spavined
suffering from or affected with spavin.
being of or marked by a decrepit or broken-down condition: a spavined old school bus abandoned in a field.
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How to use spavined in a sentence
It reminded him of the man who had a poor old lean, bony, spavined horse, with swelled legs.
Did Abraham Lincoln Actually Say That Obama Quote? | James M. Cornelius | September 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTJake gave an extra motion to his spavined leg and looked up quizzically into the rigid face of the old man.
The Broken Sword | Dennison WorthingtonI collected a regular hospital of spavined, knock-kneed beasts, and he took them from me without a word at thirty pounds apiece.
Hyacinth | George A. BirminghamThere are people like spavined horses, and one must always get them warm in their work, and they never show the blemish.
Roland Cashel | Charles James Lever"Walks like a pair of spavined sugar tongs," was Waddles' comment.
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
And they're all tryin' to borry money off'm me and sell me spavined hosses.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman Day
British Dictionary definitions for spavined
/ (ˈspævɪnd) /
vet science affected with spavin; lame
decrepit or worn out
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