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Definition of Nosebags
1. nosebag [n] - See also: nosebag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nosebags
Literary usage of Nosebags
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Central Criminal Court. Minutes of Evidence by Great Britain Central Criminal Court, Henry Buckler (1840)
"Hag- gett was my carman to take out coals, and deliver them—1 sent the nosebags
out with corn to feed the horses with—it was his ..."
2. Farmer's Cyclopedia of Live Stock by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Clarence Beaman Smith (1908)
"nosebags—With all work horses, whether on farms or in cities, it has been found,
as the result of the extended use of nosebags for feeding horses, ..."
3. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1857)
"The head-gear of nosebags ¡a so arranged that, upon the fodder being eaten, the
nosebags may be caused to fall or rise proportionately, by elastic materials ..."
4. Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration, and Decided by the Judges of England by Henry Richard Dearsly, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1856)
"... for course of the provender for the horses, was given out to them and ing
which put into the waggon in nosebags. It was then proved T0!} 5^! ..."
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