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Definition of Cowhided
1. cowhide [v] - See also: cowhide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowhided
Literary usage of Cowhided
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica by Oneida Historical Society at Utica (1894)
"... you see what Mr. Greeley said about you in the Tribune this morning, governor?”
“\Vhat did he say?” was his answer. “He says you ought to be cowhided ..."
2. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. by Harriet Jacobs (1862)
"A quarrel arose between him and her brother, and the brother cowhided him.
This led to a family feud, and he proposed to remove to Virginia. ..."
3. Southern History of the War: The First Year of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1864)
"... if the gentleman who cowhided him for offering an indignity to a lady was
standing with his back to him when he inflicted the chastisement. ..."
4. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1889)
"... cowhided Ephraim Pentland on Market Street. William Wilkins was Stewart's
second in that duel. Duelling was not so uncommon then as now. ..."
5. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"Greene: If the Governor were not such a coward, he would have cowhided you before
this, or got somebody else to do it. Hurly : If the gentleman from ..."
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