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Definition of Hobbling
1. hobble [v] - See also: hobble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hobbling
Literary usage of Hobbling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"lThe soothsayer is an old lent man, hobbling along on a staff. He crosses to L
as he speaks. ... hobbling."
2. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"lThe soothsayer is an old bent man, hobbling along on a staff. He crosses to L
as he speaks. ... hobbling ..."
3. Western Grazing Grounds and Forest Ranges: A History of the Live-stock by Will Croft Barnes (1913)
"Tie each horse's hobble about his neck as you take it off, and he will carry it
there all day, or, when you reach The Second Step in hobbling: Twist One ..."
4. A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers, and Copyists by John William Bradley (1887)
"With strange inconsistency it is drawn by two stags (as being fleet of foot) at
a gallop, and yet is followed closely by a crowd of hobbling old people, ..."
5. God's Puppets by William Allen White (1916)
"... were running back to events thirty years before, and the son ate his evening
meal in shame and silence. At eight o'clock Colonel Longford came hobbling ..."
6. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"You shall not shirk the hobbling Times to catch a ride on the sure-footed Eternities.
"The times (as Carlyle says) are bad; very well, you are there to make ..."
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