Lexicographical Neighbors of Galopin
Literary usage of Galopin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Gladiatour to Persimmon; Turf Memories of Thirty Years: Turf Memories by Sydenham Dixon (1901)
"galopin was a bay by Vedette out of Flying Duchess. ... Vedette was seventeen at
the time he got galopin, whilst Flying Duchess was no less than nineteen ..."
2. The English Turf: A Record of Horses and Courses by Charles Richardson (1901)
"... family of to-day—King Fergus—Hambletonian—Whitelock—The St. Simon-galopin
family out of a £3 mare—Descriptions of Blacklock—Voltigeur—galopin—St. Simon— ..."
3. Argot and Slang: A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words by Albert Marie Victor Barrère (1889)
"Comique it meant formerly a small measure for wine :— galopin, c'est une petite
mesure de vin^ ce qu'on appelle à Paris un demi-setier.— LE Roux. ..."
4. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1907)
"When galopin was sent up to auction as a yearling, Prince Batthyany became his
purchaser ... galopin ran five times as a two-year-old, and was twice beaten. ..."
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