Waler
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Waler
1840–50; after New South Wales; see -er 1
Example Sentences
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He patted the brown Waler, who pricked his sagacious ears and threw up his handsome bluntish head in acknowledgment of his master's caress.
From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard
He fondled the velvet nose of his beloved Suráj—a graceful creature, half Arab, half Waler; and absently acknowledged the frantic jubilations of his Irish terrier puppy, christened by Lance the Holy Terror—Terry for short.
From Far to Seek A Romance of England and India by Diver, Maud
Half a minute brought us within fifty yards of the 'rickshaw, I pulled my Waler and fell back a little.
From Indian Tales by Kipling, Rudyard
Seeing Saxham held in conversation by one of the other men, he winked portentously at the New South Waler, and whispered in his ear.
From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard
"Black Waler Mare, 15-1, six years off, up to 14 stones, easy paces, regularly ridden by a lady touched in wind."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29 by Various
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