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Definition of Crowbait
1. Noun. An emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows.
Definition of Crowbait
1. Noun. (US figuratively) An old, emaciated horse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crowbait
Literary usage of Crowbait
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Innocents Abroad: Or the New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain (2001)
"... cavorting around on old crowbait horses, and spearing imaginary enemies;
whooping, and fluttering their rags in the wind, and carrying on in every ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"... dozen Digger Indians (Bedouins) with very long spears in their hands, cavorting
around on old crowbait horses, and spearing imaginary enemies; whooping, ..."
3. Taxation in American States and Cities by Richard Theodore Ely, John Huston Finley (1888)
"farmer should raise a team worth from $300 to £600, as any one can do, he paid
no more tax than for a crowbait pair of horses worth $50, which he should ..."
4. The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. A Sequel to by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1893)
"The bear has his den, the pig his nest, but I have only this crowbait and this
saddle on which I sit." " I see that she has pierced you like a thorn," said ..."
5. History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue by Jacob Rudd Shipherd, Ralph Plumb, Henry Everard Peck (1859)
"... will not weigh a feather, and such demagoguery must fail, though you had a
thousand Probate or crowbait Courts, and a boy to exhibit before you. ..."
6. An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great by William Kelly (1851)
"... an animal as is called a " crowbait" in Yankeeland; however, his threadbare
appearance did not subtract from the owner's estimate of his services, ..."
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