thoroughbred
adjective
of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
thoroughbredness
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a word derived from
thoroughbred.
Example Sentences
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This look of distinction, which in him was as marked in form as in feature, has been called, not inaptly, thoroughbredness.
From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various
His complete self-control, his indolent assurance, his greyhound look of thoroughbredness and the decorative way in which he phrased his sentences all charmed and amused them.
From The Sins of the Children A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton
I acknowledged her mare’s thoroughbredness, and at the same time defied her to find any thoroughbred with as small and delicately-viciously pointed ears as my Outlaw.
From A Collection of Stories by Jack London
If the lash strikes Maid, her thoroughbredness will go up in the air, and I’ll have a case of horse hysteria on my hands for the next half hour.
From A Collection of Stories by Jack London
Maid has proved her thoroughbredness by never tiring on the longest days, and, while being the strongest and highest spirited of all, by never causing any trouble save for an occasional kick at the Outlaw.
From A Collection of Stories by Jack London
