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He resembles the rat tarrier in countenance, and skratches hiz hed, az natral az a distrikt skool boy, and undoubtedly for the same reason.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
If had bin ony other dog—greyhound, bull, tarrier, or even a young sheep-dog—d'yo' think he'd ha' stopped wi' the one?
From Bob, Son of Battle by Ollivant, Alfred
An ill-natured old man and an old chawed up bull tarrier 259 are just the things tew set side bi side sumwhare in the sun, and fite flies for amuzement!
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
Thar iz one thing certain, if i ever do own a Nufoundland, or rat tarrier, they hav got tew be thorobred.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
A person who could appreciate the virtues of "th' best tarrier i' Riggan," could not be regarded wholly with contempt, or even indifference.
From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
